Ellen Fitzpatrick is the University of New Hampshire historian that millions of people have seen on TV-every night during the 2004 Democratic Convention and regularly on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ever since. Fitzpatrick is an active scholar of American history and has written several books. She rights the wrongs of misrepresented facts and often, she simply uses the past to shed light on the present.
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Since Victoria Woodhull launched her symbolic bid for the presidency in 1872, dozens of women have sought the presidency over the past 150 years. Their quest began long before women won the vote and it unfolded over decades when a woman's pursuit of any h... SEE MORE