Mrs. Bryan's Choice

In 1869, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association. She was a critical leader in the movement, but died 14 years before the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920. On Tuesday, November 8 of this year, hundreds of visitors flocked to her grave. Many of them left behind their “I VOTED!” stickers as a memento to the woman who was put on trial for illegally casting a vote in the 1872 presidential election. It’s a safe bet that Susan voted for Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for POTUS. Besides Ms. Woodhull and Mrs. Clinton, several other women have sought the highest office in the land: Jill Stein in 2012, Linda Jenness, Evelyn Reed and Shirley Chisholm in 1972, and Gracie Allen (yes, THAT Gracie Allen) in 1940.