Dr. Isabell Masters Ph.D. (January 9, 1913 – September 11, 2011^[1]) of Topeka, Kansas, was a five-time perennial third-party candidate (Looking Back Party) for President of the United States.

Masters' five presidential campaigns are the most for any woman in U.S. history.^[2] She was a candidate in the United States presidential election, 1984, the United States presidential election, 1992 (339 votes), the United States presidential election, 1996 in which she was only on the ballot in Arkansas (but also received a few votes in California and Maryland) (752 votes total, 2000), and the United States presidential election, 2004. Her 1992 running mate was her son, Walter Ray Masters while her 1996 running mate was her daughter, Shirley Jean Masters.

Biography[link]

Personal life[link]

Isabell Masters was born Isabell Arch in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on January 9, 1913.^[2][3] Her father, a businessman, was of African American and German descent.^[2] Masters graduated from Douglas High School in Oklahoma City and received a bachelor's degree in education from Langston University.^[2][4] She later earned a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.^[4] An educator by profession, Masters taught in California, New York, Nevada and Kansas during her career.^[4] She specifically worked in schools in the American cities of Pasadena, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Kansas City and Syracuse, New York.^[2]

Masters married Alfred Masters, who became the first African American to enlist in the United States Marines when he was sworn in on June 1, 1942.^[2][3] They had six children together, but their marriage disintegrated during the late 1940s.^[2] She raised six children as a single mother.^[2] Despite personal and professional challenges, Masters obtained her master's degree in higher education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).^[2] She later earned a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma during her late 60s.^[2][4]

Presidential campaigns[link]

In 2000 she was a write-in candidate in Kansas alongside George W. Bush and Al Gore. Her vice-presidential running mate was her daughter, Alfreda Dean Masters.

She made several unsuccessful attempts at winning the Republican primary elections for President. In 1996 she was on the ballot in Oklahoma and won 1,052 votes (Bob Dole won by a large margin).^[5]

In addition to her presidential campaigns, Masters ran for city council in Topeka, Kansas, and was once a candidate for Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida.^[4]

Masters' had six children. They include Rev. Thomas A. Masters Sr. of the New Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church (Riviera Beach, Florida), the current Mayor of Riviera Beach who was a community leader protesting efforts by the George W. Bush legal team to stop the Florida election recount following the controversial 2000 United States presidential election. Her daughter, political scientist Cora Masters, became the fourth wife of former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry in 1994, but they later divorced.^[2]

Isabell Masters died in her sleep on September 11, 2011, in at a nursing facility in Lake Worth, Florida, at the age of 98.^[6] She had lived with her son, Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters, for the last four years of her life.^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Frantzich, Stephen E. (1996). The C-Span Revolution ISBN 0-8061-2870-4
• DiPaola, Jim "Masters’ universe" City Link May 15, 2003
• Politics1: Presidency 2000 - The Independent Candidates
• Wheeler, Tim "Election protests continue in Florida" People's Weekly World

Medal record
Isabell Werth
Competitor for  Germany
Equestrian
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Team dressage
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team dressage
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Individual dressage
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team dressage
Gold	2008 Beijing	Team dressage
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Individual dressage
Silver	2000 Sydney	Individual dressage
Silver	2008 Beijing	Individual dressage
World Championships
Gold	1994 Den Haag	Team Dressage
Gold	1994 Den Haag	Individual Dressage
Gold	1998 Rome	Team Dressage
Gold	1998 Rome	Individual Dressage
Gold	2006 Aachen	Team Dressage
Gold	2006 Aachen	Individual Dressage
European Championships
Gold	1991 Donaueschingen	Individual Special Dressage
Gold	1993 Lipica	Individual Special Dressage
Gold	1995 Mondorf	Individual Dressage
Gold	1997 Verden	Individual Dressage
Gold	1999 Arnhem	Team Dressage
Gold	2001 Verden	Team Dressage
Gold	2003 Hickstead	Team Dressage
Silver	2007 La Mandria	Individual Dressage
Silver	2007 La Mandria	Team Dressage

Isebell Werth (born July 21, 1969 in Rheinberg) is a German equestrian and world champion in dressage.

Championships[link]

Werth has competed in the Olympics four times in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2008. In those four games she won eight medals, five of them gold. Werth has also won seven Dressage World Championship medals, six of them gold.^[1] She has competed multiple times at the European Dressage Championships, earning several gold and silver medals. At the 2008 Olympics she won the team championship together with her colleagues Heike Kemmer and Nadine Capellmann.^[1] Isabell Werth worked alongside Bates Australia to develop the Isebell Dressage Saddle available in Bates and Wintec.

Doping[link]

On June 24, 2009, the forbidden substance, fluphenazine, was found in the A-sample from her horse Whisper at a Whitsun tournament at Wiesbaden. She was suspended from all tournaments by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports.^[2] On 2 September 2009, the suspension was set by the FEI to six months from 23 June.^[3]

Horses[link]

Werth rode Gigolo for all her championships between 1992 and 2000, save for the 1999 European Championships in Arnheim, where she rode Anthony FRH. She currently rides two horses on the highest level: Warum Nicht FRH and El Santo NRW. She competed at the Olympic Games with Satchmo. Satchmo retired in November of 2011.

See also[link]

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event

References[link]

External links[link]

• Isabell Werth official website (German)
• 2000 Olympic Equestrian Results
• 2007 European Dressage Championship Results