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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
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When 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...

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