Let’s not forget the three women who ran for Vice President on the Socialist
Labor Party ticket.
1) Georgia Olive Cozzini: 1956 and 1960.
2) Genevieve Gunderson: 1972.
3) Constance Blomen: 1976.
> On Aug 19, 2020, at 7:51 AM, Richard Fidler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> I’ll bet that list did not include Grace Carlson, who was the SWP’s
> vice-presidential candidate in 1948, I believe. She had been one of the SWP
> leaders convicted in 1941 of preaching the overthrow of the US government,
> and was jailed for a few years. She later went back to the Catholic Church
> and the religion of her youth. A tribute to her by JP Cannon is included in
> his Notebook of an Agitator.
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael
> Meeropol
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:22 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [marxmail] Charlotta WHO?
>
> How many people heard the name CHARLOTTA BASS when someone at the Democratic
> convention (maybe one of the nominators?) mentioned a list of women who had
> run for President or Vice PResident and included Shirley Chisholm and
> CHARLOTTA BASS.
>
> Quick quiz --- who was she?
>
> She was the nominee of the PROGRESSIVE PARTY -- the same party that had
> nominated Henry Wallace (former VP) for President in an effort to capture the
> NEW DEAL spirit and cooperation with the Soviets spirit of FDR -- Wallace who
> had quit Truman's cabinet in 1946 said he was the true legacy of FDR --- the
> hope was he would get 10 million votes and deny Truman the Presidency thereby
> forcing the Democrats to return to the New Deal -- of course it didn't work
> --(he was thoroughly red-baited and Truman stole his domestic agenda and he
> got about 1 million votes)
>
> but his party still ran Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in 1952,
>
> The Presidential candidate was SF lawyer Vincent W. Hallinan (one of his sons
> was beaten by Kamala Harris for SF DA in her first race!) and his VP was
> Charlotta Bass, a black woman.
>
> Amazing that her name was mentioned ....
>
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