AHC: Earliest possible female President of the USA

What about Margaret Chase Smith in the period of 1964-1972? She did seek the nomination for the Republicans in 1964 and got,at best,25% of the vote in Illinois so maybe getting her as a VP nominee may not be too hard.

Or maybe Pat Schroeder in 1992 or Hillary 2004?
 
What about Margaret Chase Smith in the period of 1964-1972? She did seek the nomination for the Republicans in 1964 and got,at best,25% of the vote in Illinois so maybe getting her as a VP nominee may not be too hard.

Or maybe Pat Schroeder in 1992 or Hillary 2004?

2004 would be too soon for Hillary, as Bill had just left the White House in 2001. 2008 would be her best bet, if Obama runs weaker or doesn't run at all.
 
If Bill Clinton decided not to run for reelection in 1996, Hillary Clinton could have run in 2004. However, I think that a more effective feminist movement could have led to a female president by 1950. Could the Women's Suffrage movement have involved a more effective push for female candidates in local politics? If so, a populace that's more accustomed to seeing female politicians would be comfortable with a female president earlier. The same goes for earlier pushes for women in the workforce. Perhaps there could be widespread access to birth control early on, increasing women's options, and there could be wealthy industrialists making scholarships for women in college. This would be especially effective if those scholarships are focused on law schools, since so many politicians are lawyers.
 
proud of outcompeting the British?

https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/history/woman-suffrage-timeline

1849
The first state constitution in California extends property rights to women.

1869
Wyoming territory is organized with a woman suffrage provision.

1890
Wyoming is admitted to the Union with a state constitution granting woman suffrage.
The South Dakota campaign for woman suffrage loses.

1893
Colorado adopts woman suffrage.

1894
600,000 signatures are presented to the New York State Constitutional Convention in a failed effort to bring a woman suffrage amendment to the voters.

1896
Utah joins the Union with full suffrage for women.
Idaho adopts woman suffrage.

So, maybe enough people in America see the Brits intransigent against women's rights advocates and decide, we're not going to make that mistake. We're going to roll with all of the above, as well as embracing the failures and continuing to engage the issue. In fact, Americans are proud we outcompete the British in this regard.
 
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If Bill Clinton decided not to run for reelection in 1996, Hillary Clinton could have run in 2004.

My question is, why would Bill Clinton not run in 1996? His health didn't really decline until after he left office OTL, and Monica didn't become a real issue until 1998. My guess is if for whatever reason Bill didn't run in '96, Gore would run and win, and get re elected in 2000. Would Hillary have a good chance at winning after 12 years of Democratic rule, especially in what I like to call the Conservative, or Reagan era (1981-2009 or 1981-Present depending on your views of President Obama's Presidency).
 
As far as domestic policies and introducing new programs, the last liberal president was Richard Milhous Nixon. Yes, really.

Foreign policy, it's harder to read. certainly a lot of presidents have been a lot more militaristic than my tastes. I might ask, when did we de-emphasize propping up dictators? When have we been realistic about trade being win-win, as it damn well seems it could be? These types of questions.
 
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