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The majority of Blacks

Acts Enthusiast Posts: 1050 **11/12/16 1:20 pm**

were hoping that having a black president would benefit them socially, economically, and politically, but it never happened.

The majority of Whites thought voting for a black president would prove that whites are not prejudiced or bigots.

And neither group saw what they had voted or hoped for.

So, why are so many women thinking that having a woman president would do anything for them?

The states that have had a woman as Governor, were the women in that state any better off than women in other states?

Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming, Democrat, 1925-1927
replaced late husband, winning special election

Miriam "Ma" Ferguson
Texas, Democrat, 1925-1927, 1933-1935
surrogate for her husband who was prohibited by law from succeeding himself

Lurleen Wallace
Alabama, Democrat, 1967-1968
surrogate for her husband who was prohibited by law from succeeding himself

Ella Grasso
Connecticut, Democrat, 1975-1980
first woman governor who did not succeed her husband; resigned for health reasons

Dixy Lee Ray
Washington, Democrat, 1977-1981
defeated in the primary when she was running for a second term

Vesta Roy
New Hampshire, Republican, 1982-1983
served seven days after death of incumbent

Martha Layne Collins
Kentucky, Democrat, 1984-1987
chairperson of the 1984 Democratic National Convention