After watching Hillary Clinton's defeat in 2016 and the departure of prominent female candidates from this year's Democratic primary race, women in the party expressed hope this week that Joe Biden's vow to name a woman as his running mate could spell an end to the starkest gender barrier in American politics.

Women have been tapped twice before as vice-presidential nominees in major parties, but with polls showing Biden leading President Donald Trump in a general election, many see this as the most realistic possibility that a woman could wind up a heartbeat from the presidency.

Washington Post