Female Candidates for President of the U.S.

[Gregory Matthews]

What is the total number of female candidates who have formally run for President of the United States?

1) 1,  HC is the first.

2) 5

3) 25

4) 118

5)  200 +

NOTE:  As ABC News is reporting this, if you have heard this ABC report, please do not give it away. 

[Gregory Matthews]

The answer to the above question will depend somewhat on how it is defined.  There are several Internet websites that provide listing that depend somewhat on the how it is defined.

The following website is an interesting one that included females who ran for Vice-President.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_United_States_presidential_and_vice-presidential_candidates