Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would be President

Marietta Stow's Campaign for Governor, 1882

Marietta Stow's Campaign for Vice President, 1884

Marietta Stow's Campaign for City School Director, 1880

Belva Ann Lockwood's Campaign for President, 1884

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 1…

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 Ameri…

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 …