From the NY Times:
On Sept. 23, 1838, Victoria Clafin Woodhull Martin, who ran for United States president in 1872, was born. Following her death on June 9, 1927, her obituary appeared in The Times
The obituary describes a remarkable woman.
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Feminist Philosophers 
Thanks. Very inspiring.
Also, the Green Party’s US Presidential Candidate this year is Jill Klein. : http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/09/green-party-jill-stein-occupy-wall-street.html
Her name is Jill Stein. http://www.gp.org/elections/candidates/index.php
So the glass ceiling HAS been cracked already.