Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in the 1964 presidential election, but was the first woman to be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major party's convention.
The first woman to run for President was Lucretia Moss in 1848 for the Liberty Party. She ran against Major General Zachary Taylor.
Although she didn't get a lot of votes, the first female candidate for the US Presidency was (I believe) Angela Davis.
It was Victoria Woodhull in 1872 .
If you mean First Lady as in the President's wife, the first woman to do this would be Hillary Clinton, although she ended up not being the Democratic nominee for 2008.
If you mean first lady as in first female, this would be Victoria Woodhull.
The first woman to run for president in the US was Victoria Woodhull. The most recent woman to run for president was Hilary Clinton.
Victoria Woodhull in the 1872 presidential election.
So far there has never been a women as US president.
The US, so far, has not had a woman as President. A presidential candidate in 2016 is Hillary Clinton.
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There is no salary for the first lady.
The current first lady is Michelle_Obama, wife of President Barack_Obama.
The current first lady is Michelle_Obama, wife of President Barack_Obama.
She is referred to as the first lady.
Currently (in December 2015), the First Lady is Michelle Obama; she is the first woman of color in US history to be First Lady. When her husband Barack Obama's term as president ends, the US will have a new president and a new first lady---or if a woman wins, we will have a First Gentleman.
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She is the wife of the president or the official White House hostess if the president is not married. ( Michele Obama is the first lady at this date in 2011.)
In the US, there hasn't been one.
Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson was the First Lady of the United States in 1964.
Because she is married to the President of the US, the First Citizen. The custom of calling the wife of the President the "First Lady" goes back almost to the time of George Washington.