Before Jill Stein, who became the first woman in 1988 to receive more votes for President in a US general election than any other woman?
Jill Stein Jill Ellen Stein (born May 14, 1950) is an American physician, activist, and politician. She was the Green Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections. She was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 and 2010.
Therese A. Jenkins Therese Alberta Parkinson Jenkins was a suffragist, credited with saving women's suffrage in the State of Wyoming. She was the first woman delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis in 1892.