Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin) Woodhull
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. While many historians and authors agree that Woodhull was the first woman to run for the presidency, some disagree with classifying it as a true candidacy because according to the Constitution she would have been too young to be President if elected.
A lecture by Victoria Claflin Woodhull ...: The review of a century; or, the fruit of five thousand years
Listen to a radical voice dissect societal flaws and demand equality.
By Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin) Woodhull
A Speech on the Principles of Finance
In a time of uneven wealth, a bold voice challenges the golden standard, imagining a nation where currency mirrors the true labor and potential of its people.
By Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin) Woodhull
Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!! These Three; but the Greatest of These Is Justice A Speech on the Impending Revolution, Delivered in Music Hall, Boston, Thursday, Feb. 1, 1872, and the Academy of Music, New York, Feb. 20, 1872
In a time of inequality, a fiery speaker argues that without justice, freedom and equality are meaningless, igniting a call for revolution against society's monopolies.
By Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin) Woodhull
The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government A review of the rise and fall of nations from early historic time to the present; with special considerations regarding the future of the United States as the representative government of the world and the form of administration which will secure this consummation. Also, papers on human equality, as represented by labor and its representative, money; and the meaning and significance of life from a scientific standpoint, with its prophecies for the great future.
In a time of inequality, one daring woman stakes her claim for political power, arguing that the very foundations of governance demand equal rights for all.
By Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin) Woodhull