With the passing of Geraldine Ferraro today, the press will do as it always has with her 1984 run as a vice-presidential candidate and say that she was the first woman to run for the White House.
They're wrong! Royalton's Belva Lockwood was -- 100 years earlier and then again in 1888 -- the first woman to appear on a presidential ticket when she ran for the US presidency via the National Equal Rights Party.
The press is only correct if it says Ferraro was the first female candidate on a presidential ticket from either of the 2 major parties. That distinction is still unfortunate, because it highlights the supposed importance of two-party politics...America is much more than that. So, give Belva Lockwood her due!
They're wrong! Royalton's Belva Lockwood was -- 100 years earlier and then again in 1888 -- the first woman to appear on a presidential ticket when she ran for the US presidency via the National Equal Rights Party.
The press is only correct if it says Ferraro was the first female candidate on a presidential ticket from either of the 2 major parties. That distinction is still unfortunate, because it highlights the supposed importance of two-party politics...America is much more than that. So, give Belva Lockwood her due!
