4 Women Who Helped Pave the Way for Hillary’s Presidential Bid
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, a number of women have helped get the American electorate acclimated to the idea of a woman in the Oval Office. Here are four female presidential candidates you should know. From left field : Shirley Chisolm ( Wikimedia Commons ) , Margaret Chase Smith ( Wikimedia Commons ) , Gracie Allen ( Wikimedia Commons ) , Jill Stein ( Flickr ) . Hillary Clinton may have made newspaper headline for the last approximate - decade as she ’s sought the United States presidency , but she ’s hardly the first woman to make waves by pursuing the nomination — nor is she alone in being chastised for it ....