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Constitution In 1787, the United States Constitution was written. But it did not guarantee women the right to vote.

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In 1884, Belva Lockwood, one of the first woman lawyers in the nation, ran for president. Running as a candidate from National Equal RIghts Party, she received 4,500 votes out of about two million cast -- all of them by men. Lockwood was also the first woman admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court.

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