This week, as the Democratic National Convention prepares to make history by nominating a woman for the presidency, we look at women who have sought the nation’s highest office. First, you’ll learn of Susan B. Anthony’s arrest for voting back in 1870. Then I speak historian Ellen Fitzpatrick about her new book, The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women’s Quest for the American Presidency. Finally, we consider whether Edith Wilson was the first woman president. Tags: American history, history podcast