jan 1, 1872 - 1872 – Victoria Claflin Woodhull becomes the first female presidential candidate in the United States, nominated by the National Radical Reformers. Female federal employees (but not private sector workers) guaranteed equal pay for equal work under the law. Susan B. Anthony casts her first vote to test whether the 14th Amendment would be interpreted broadly to guarantee women the right to vote. She is convicted of "unlawful voting."
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