In 1917, Republican Jeanette Rankin was elected to the US House by her congressional district in Montana.
I could have been Julia C. Addington. She was elected as Mitchell County Superintendent in Iowa in October 1869.
Ida B Wells was the first colored woman who ran for a public office.
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman in the US congress.
Jeanette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin
I could only find the following fact regarding the election of women to public office in the US. There are more "women first facts" at this site: http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/fast_facts/resources/Firsts.php
their was not and so far is not colored women as presidents or white women either
Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792, which advocated women's rights to vote and hold public office.
Roman women did not have the right to vote or run for public office.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Church Terell
24 women
24 women
rise of national women's groups The development that helped women take their first steps toward public life was the rise of national women's groups. The development that helped women take their first steps toward public life was the rise of national women's groups.
The women of ancient Rome were never allowed to vote nor to hold public office.
Mary Church Terrell