2020 campaign shows the more women run, the more they are treated like candidates – not tokens
- Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
There's power in numbers. Mad Dog/Shutterstock.comWhen Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872, she was depicted as “Mrs. Satan” in a political cartoon.
When Sen. Margaret Chase Smith sought the Republican nomination in 1964, one columnist labeled her too old – at 66 – while others insisted she was attractive “for...
