Linda Jenness
Jennessc. 1970
Born	1941 (age 84–85) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Socialist Workers

Linda Jenness (born January 11, 1941)^[1] is a formerSocialist Workers Party (SWP) candidate for president of theUnited States. She was the party's nominee in the1972 election. She finished fourth in the general election, with 83,380 votes to 47,169,911 for the winner,Richard Nixon.^{[note 1][2]}

Jenness was the SWP nominee forgovernor of Georgia in 1970. She did not get on the ballot because she could not collect the required 88,175 signatures. Jenness, the SWP, and two congressional candidates of the party brought a lawsuit,Jenness v. Fortson, 403 U.S. 431 (1971), regarding Georgia'sballot access standards, a case an SWP supporter has said "continues to haunt the jurisprudence of ballot access law" (Raskin 2003, page 103). Jenness was also involved in the case 26 F.C.C.2d 485 (1970), regarding media coverage ofthird-party candidates.

In 1972, Jenness, vice-presidential nomineeAndrew Pulley, andPeople's Party nomineesBenjamin Spock andJulius Hobson wrote to Major General Bert A. David, commanding officer ofFort Dix inNew Jersey, asking for permission to distribute campaign literature and hold an election-related campaign meeting. Based on Fort Dix regulations 210–26 and 210–27, David refused the request. The case made its way to theUnited States Supreme Court (424 U.S. 828—Greer, Commander, Fort Dix Military Reservation, et al., v. Spock et al.), which ruled against the plaintiffs.

Aged 31 at time of the election, Jenness did not meet the Constitutionalage requirement for the presidency, but the SWP was on the ballot in 25 states—six more than in 1968. She qualified for theOhio ballot but was removed when she could not prove she was 35.^[3]

As of 2010, Jenness was still an active supporter of the SWP.^[4] She is also afeminist. In the April 27, 1973, issue ofThe Militant, she wrote that feminism "is where women are out fighting for things that are in their interest. Feminism is wherever women are challenging the traditional roles assigned to them."^[5]

Jenness has authored several books and pamphlets, or provided introductions. Some of these are:

• Jenness, Linda, andFidel Castro (1970).Woman & The Cuban Revolution New York:Pathfinder Press.
• Jenness, Linda (1972).Socialism and democracy; a speech by Linda Jenness, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president, 1972. New York: Pathfinder PressISBN 0-87348-280-8
• Jenness, Linda (1973).Feminism and Socialism. New York: Pathfinder PressISBN 1-199-12398-6
• Jenness, Linda, andAndrew Pulley (1973). Introduction toWatergate: The View from the Left - Unpublicized Facts About Government Attacks on Dissenters and the Socialists; Strategy for Fighting Back New York: Pathfinder Press
• Jenness, Linda (1975).Last Hired, First Fired: Affirmative Action VS. Seniority

• List of female United States presidential and vice presidential candidates

• Interview inThe Libertarian Forum 4, no. 12 (December 1972; mislabelled no. 10) (.pdf)
• Raskin, Jamin (2003).Overruling Democracy; The Supreme Court Versus the American People.
• 424 U.S. 828 -- Greer, Commander, Fort Dix Military Reservation, et al., v. Spock et al.
• Results, 1972 American Presidential Election

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• American anti–Vietnam War activists
• American socialist feminists
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