Although Freeman had not been active in Democratic Party politics since leaving California in 1965 ( except for a brief stint on Eugene McCarthy 's 1968 Presidential campaign ) , she ran for delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Convention in order to put Shirley Chisholm 's name on the ballot . She came in ninth out of 24 candidates in Chicago 's first district and attended the convention as an alternate with the Chicago Challenge Delegation that unseated Mayor Daley 's hand-picked slate . She later worked on California Senator Alan Cranston 's 1984 Presidential campaign and became active in Democratic Party politics in Brooklyn , New York
1972 Democratic National Convention
1972 Democratic National Convention
Jo Freeman