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.
In the fall of 1924 she was elected to succeed her deceased husband, William Bradford Ross. (Miriam Amanda Ma Ferguson is inaugurated governor of Texas days later.) 1932 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway, of Arkansas, becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.