Medical Definition of longitudinal. 1  1: of, relating to, or occurring in the lengthwise dimension a longitudinal bone fracture. 2  2: extending along or relating to the anteroposterior axis of a body or part a trypanosome which reproduces by longitudinal fission.
Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1872) - The first woman to run for United States President, Woodhull was the candidate of the Equal Rights Party. Her opponents were Ulysses S. Grant (R) and Horace Greeley (D). Woodhull, born in Homer, Ohio on September 23, 1838, traveled with her parents practicing spiritualist activities.
Hattie Ophelia Caraway, nÃ©e Hattie Ophelia Wyatt (born Feb. 1, 1878, near Bakerville, Tenn., U.S.âdied Dec. 21, 1950, Falls Church, Va.), American politician who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. Hattie Wyatt grew up in her native Bakerville, Tenn., and in nearby Hustburg. She graduated (1896) from Dickson Normal School and for a time thereafter taught school. In 1902 she married Thaddeus H. Caraway, who subsequently became a congressman and then a U.S. senator for Arkansas.