Victoria Woodhull: First Female Presidential Candidate (2:01)
Victoria Woodhull: "Constitutional Equality" (1871) (1:39)
Victoria Woodhull: Ahead of Her Time (0:59)
Jeannette Rankin: First U.S. Congresswoman (1:24)
Rebecca Felton & Hattie Caraway: First Female U.S. Senators (1:27)
Margaret Chase Smith: "Declaration of Conscience" (1950) (4:32)
Patsy Mink & Shirley Chisholm: First Women of Color in Congress (2:08)
Shirley Chisholm: Equal Rights Amendment Speech (3:28)
Geraldine Ferraro: Vice Presidential Nomination Speech (4:02)
Geraldine Ferraro: Vice Presidential Debate (2:54)
Barriers to Power (0:24)
Elizabeth Dole: Labels, Limits, and Challenges of Running as a Woman (3:10)
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Commencement Speech on Importance of Hair (1:21)
Few Women in Presidential Launching Roles (0:55)
Women in Appointed Positions & Presidential Qualifications (0:57)
Women Governors & Gov. Ann Richards (2:05)
Ann Richards: Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech (1988) (3:08)
"Year of the Woman" & Senator Patty Murray (2:24)
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton & Economic Reform (2:05)
Solidarity Among Female Senators (0:23)
Blanche Lambert Lincoln: Commencement Speech on Women in Government (3:51)
Other Female Firsts in Politics (1:06)
Carol Moseley Braun: First African-American Female Senator (1:27)
Women Held to a Different Standard (1:15)
"Dare to Compete" (2:16)
Credits: The Rhetoric of Women in Politics (0:24)