She has been labeled "the Secret President" and "the first woman to run the government" for the role she played after her husband suffered a severe stroke in October 1919.[1] She has also been called "the first female president of the United States."[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Bolling_Galt_Wilson

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rdking647

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4. heres my list

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Tue May 28, 2013, 07:44 PM

May 2013

eleanor roosevelt,susan b anthony,harriet tubman (or possibly sojouner truth) and abagail adams

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)

5. Only 4?

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Tue May 28, 2013, 07:49 PM

May 2013

Eleanor Roosevelt
Mary Harris Jones
Susan B Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Rosa Parks
Wilma Mankiller
Margaret Sanger
Frances Perkins
_____________ <--- spot left blank for the 1st female president.

rdking647

(5,113 posts)

6. yep.. only 4

Reply to LadyHawkAZ (Reply #5)

Tue May 28, 2013, 07:59 PM

May 2013

thats what makes it even tougher....

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)

14. The hell with that!

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Tue May 28, 2013, 11:14 PM

May 2013

They can have Rushmore! We'll just go get a bigger mountain!

Paulie

(8,462 posts)

15. Exactly. One more to add too

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Tue May 28, 2013, 11:35 PM

May 2013

Jane Addams

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)

16. ...

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Tue May 28, 2013, 11:37 PM

May 2013

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)

12. Good list!

Reply to LadyHawkAZ (Reply #5)

Tue May 28, 2013, 09:46 PM

May 2013

I'd like Harriet Tubman, though, and I'll have to google Wilma Mankiller...never heard of her.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)

13. darn good list!

Reply to LadyHawkAZ (Reply #5)

Tue May 28, 2013, 09:47 PM

May 2013

PADemD

(4,482 posts)

8. Abigail Adams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller

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Tue May 28, 2013, 08:52 PM

May 2013

rdking647

(5,113 posts)

11. i thought about helen keller

Reply to PADemD (Reply #8)

Tue May 28, 2013, 09:34 PM

May 2013

i ruled out roas parks because i though tubmans or truth's contribution was much greater

Pragdem

(233 posts)

9. Five.

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Tue May 28, 2013, 09:01 PM

May 2013

Esther Peterson
Ellen Ochoa
Rosa Parks
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harriet Tubman

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

10. Snooki and the Kardashians

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Tue May 28, 2013, 09:04 PM

May 2013

How many is that?

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

17. Let's not go defiling any mountains further in the name of jingoism.

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Tue May 28, 2013, 11:49 PM

May 2013

Have you ever heard the story behind Mount Rushmore...it's totally racist.

Greybnk48

(10,168 posts)

18. Keeping in mind that women weren't permitted to excel

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Wed May 29, 2013, 12:01 AM

May 2013

by law and rule of force, I'd say Alice Paul (women's suffrage) for one, Nancy Pelosi and Shirley Chisholm for breaking down barriers are a couple more that come to mind.

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