Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would be President

Lockwood, Belva Ann

Belva Ann Lockwood, an attorney in Washington, D.C., was the first woman to run a full, national campaign for the U. S. presidency. She announced her candidacy in 1884 after the two major parties again refused to endorse suffrage for American woman. Marietta Stow, a California women's rights activist and newspaper publisher was Lockwood's vice presidential running mate. Lockwood argued that ...

Ricker, Marilla

Marilla Ricker, an attorney, in 1910 announced her intention to run as a candidate for governor of New Hampshire. The state attorney general refused her candidate's petition saying that, lacking the right to vote, Ricker could not run for office. She had intended to make women's suffrage and taxation of church property her platform. After being widowed in 1868, Ricker used her wealth and pro...

Stow, Marietta

While living in California, Marietta Stow, publisher of the Woman's Herald of Industry and Social Science Cooperator, immersed herself in party politics. She believed in the importance of the election of women to political office, and in 1880 accepted the Greenback Party's nomination for San Francisco School Director. In August 1881 she announced the formation of the Woman's Independent Poli...

Belva Ann Lockwood's Campaign for President, 1884

Zerelda N. McCoy's Campaign for Wreckmaster, 1884

Mary S. Hurd's Campaign for School Board Member, 1880

Belva Ann Lockwood's Campaign for President, 1888

Ada E. Clift's Campaign for Register of Deeds, 1888

Marietta Stow's Campaign for Vice President, 1884

Mary C. Williams's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1884