Moved from GD: "First Female Democratic Party Nominee" is the most accurate.

[TalkingDog]

After receiving this, I moved the image. Because I think we can all agree, feminist history is important.

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[TDale313]

1. First woman to win the nomination of a major American political party

Is usually what's said and fairly accurate IMO. I'm a Sanders supporter, but it is a big milestone.

[AgingAmerican]

2. Sarah Palin, Geraldine Ferraro

[RandySF]

4. Presidential, not VP

[TwilightZone]

7. VPs aren't nominated by the party.

They're chosen by the presidential candidates and their selection committees.

[bettyellen]

12. Weren't nominated. Keep trying to dismiss the achievement though. We see you.

[AgingAmerican]

13. You see me?

Is that some sort of purge threat? Lol

[bettyellen]

14. Nope. We see through your petty dismissals.

[AgingAmerican]

15. Lol ok

[RandySF]

3. Listen more carefully

Everyone says "first female MAJOR party candidate." Sorry, the Green Party doesn't qualify.

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Sick of the "Yes, but..."

In that striking historical hour when Neil Armstrong first placed his foot on the lunar surface, no one rushed in to diminish the importance of that event by saying, “Yeah, but Alan Shepard was the FIRST American in space!” In contrast, it’s astoundingly sad that some Democrats can’t allow even a moment’s celebration of Hillary Clinton’s very remarkable accomplishment.

[Romulox]

9. And yet children are taught about Yuri Gagarin in school. nt

[TwilightZone]

10. Not in the same manner.

The narrative is not "Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon...but Yuri Gargarin was the first in space so no big deal."

[Romulox]

11. Exactly--nobody teaches that Neil Armstrong was the "first", followed by a half dozen asterisks...nt

[Tarc]

6. Fringe parties, whether it is the current Greens or some 1870s thing, really don't matter

This is a nomination for an actual political party that can contest for the White House. Every instance beforehand was a token protest candidacy.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. First Female Nominee of a Major Political Party.

As admirable as many of those woman were, none of them objectively stood a chance due to the fact they were not associated with a major (read: Democratic or Republican) party. Like it or not, we're effectively a two-party system until further notice.