Ohio suffragette first women nominated

Hillary Clinton is not the first woman nominated for president. An Ohio Historical Marker has:

“First Woman Candidate for the President of the United State”

Because of her unrelenting advocacy of woman's suffrage, Victoria Woodhull was nominated to run for president by the "Equal Rights" party in 1872. Her life was a continual campaign to fight for woman's suffrage, civil rights, and child labor reform laws. In 1879, Victoria married John Martin and lived her remaining years in British Society. She died in England in 1927. The Ohio Historical society.

This story was originally published August 2, 2016 at 11:31 AM with the headline "Ohio suffragette first women nominated."