Free woman: The life and times of Victoria Woodhull
by:
Marion Meade (author)
A biography of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman who ran for President of the United States, in 1872. Woodhull was an unconventional woman who emerged on the political scene from a background of poverty and a career as actress, stockbroker and journalist. Twice divorced, she outraged even the...
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A biography of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman who ran for President of the United States, in 1872. Woodhull was an unconventional woman who emerged on the political scene from a background of poverty and a career as actress, stockbroker and journalist. Twice divorced, she outraged even the feminists of her day by refusing to confine her campaign to the issue of womens suffrage. Instead, she advocated reform of marriage and family institutions, as well as free love.
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780394930350 (0394930355)
ASIN: 0394930355
Publish date: 1976
Publisher: Knopf
Pages no: 174
Edition language: English
Only recently I found out about Victoria Woodhull. Thanks to someone on Twitter mentioning Victoria Woodhull and that the fact that she ran for President, I became very interested in this woman. And I wondered, how could I have never heard of her? A woman running for President in the 1870s, why wasn...
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