Nothing great about claiming you're first if you AREN'T first ...

No, Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to be nominated by a political party for president. Victoria Woodhull was, and she didn't even have the right to vote, nor did her running mate, Frederick Douglass. Her story is a hell of a lot more inspiring than Hillary Clinton's. Victoria Woodhull wasn't part of a political machine, she was a champion of women's suffrage at a time when such a notion was extraordinarily unpopular.

In fact, there have been at least 9 women besides Woodhull nominated by their party to run for president:

Jill Stein (twice) - Green Party
Lenora Fulani (twice) - New Alliance Party
Cynthia McKinley - Green Party
Linda Jenness - Socialist Workers' Party
Sonia Johnson - Citizens' Party
Roseanne Barr - Peace and Freedom Party
Margaret Wright - People's Party
Gracie Allen - Surprise Party
Ellen McCormack - Right to Life Party

In fact, as of today, Clinton has not received her party's nomination - she's just telling everybody she has.

I know you could argue that none of the parties represented by the other women are 'major' parties - but then you'd have to defend the proposition that the Democratic Party IS a 'major' party. There certainly isn't any obvious evidence for that ...

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