Figure 1.--This family photograph shows Ruth Hanna McCormick with her two oldest children weith U.S. Senator Medill McCormick, Medill Jr. and Katrina, we think in the 1910s. he photograph was tasken in Washington, D.C. |
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Ruth Hanna McCormick/Simms was an American politician, activist, and publisher. Ruth was born into pone of America's most notable Republican political family (1880). Her father was Mark Hanna, an Ohio industrialist and political operator. He is often credited as creating modern presidential election campaigns. He managed President McKinley's presidential elections. Raising massive amount of money, much of his own money. Ruth was a keen observer of her father's political rise, working as his secretary. She continued her interest in politics even after her father died (1904). Her father had issues with Theodore Roosevelt. She became a supporter. McCormick was not the first female Congress person, that was Jeanette Rankin. The two women were both born in 1880, nut Rankin won her seat in 1916, earning harsh criticism a year later when she voted against war with Germany (1917). Rankin would also vote against war with Japan (1941). Ruth Hanna McCormick won her seat a decade later. She only served one term. Rather than defending her seat, she ran for the Senate. She defeated the incumbent, Senator Charles S. Deneen, in the Republican primary. his made her , the first female Senate candidate for a major party. As a result of the Wall Street Crash and ensuing Depression, 1930 was not a good year for Republicans. She lost the Senate election. She subsequently became the first woman to manage a presidential campaign. Thomas E. Dewey, her candidate failed to garner the nomination. Dewey would become the Republican nominee (1944 and 48). McCormick was introduced to politics at a young age by her father. She put the lessons to work even after losing her senate race. She worked for various causes like women's suffrage and improved working conditions for women. She helped pass a partial suffrage law in Illinois (1913). She married two politicians, Senator Medill McCormick (1903) and, after Senator McCormick's death, Congressman Albert Gallatin Simms (1932). She had three children: Medill, Katrina, and Ruth Elizabeth 'Bazy' (1921-2013). Here see see Medill and Kstrina (figure 1). Her term in office was short, but she helped open up political for partisan women. Politics was a passion, but not her only interest. She was interested in ranching. She owned and operated ranches in Illinois, New Mexico, and Colorado. She also ran newspapers, founding the Rockford Consolidated Newspapers in Rockford, Illinois.
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