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Biography of Victoria C. Woodhull
Name: Victoria C. Woodhull
Birth Date: September 23, 1838
Death Date: June 10, 1927
Place of Birth: Homer, Ohio, United States
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Gender: Female
Occupations: social reformer
Victoria C. Woodhull
Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) was a promoter of women's rights. An 1872 candidate for president, she founded the first women's owned stock brokerage.Victoria Claflin Woodhull was one of the most controversial figures of her time. Though she did much to promote the cause of women's rights--even announcing herself as a candidate for president in 1872--her espousal of free love (which rejected sexual monogamy) and her involvement in a number of highly publicized scandals gained her as many enemies as she had supporters. Along with her sister, Tennessee Claflin, Woodhull founded the first female-owned stock brokerage in the United States and published an influential newspaper, Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly. In the biography Mrs. Satan, Woodhull was quoted on the philosophy that led to her many accomplishments: "All this talk about women's rights is moonshine. Women have every right. They have only to exercise them. That's what we're doing."Woodhull's unusual upbringing …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…her sister), 1890; and Humanitarian Money, 1892. From 1892 to 1910, Woodhull published Humanitarian magazine with her daughter, Zulu Maud Woodhull. Woodhull married a wealthy English banker, John B. Martin, in 1882. In her efforts to obtain the blessing of his respectable family, she made several trips to the United States, where she faced her critics and disavowed her previous stance on free love. She died at their English country estate on June 10, 1927.Woodhull was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame on October 5, 2002, in Seneca Falls, New York. Further Reading Gabriel, Mary, Notorious Victoria: The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored, Algonquin Books, 1998.Goldsmith, Barbara, Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull, Knopf, 1998.Johnston, Johanna,Mrs. Satan: The Incredible Saga of Victoria C. Woodhull, Putnam, 1967.Marberry, M. MarionVicky: A Biography of Victoria C. Woodhull, Funk & Wagnalls, 1967.Meade, Marion, Free Woman: The Life and Times of Victoria Woodhull, Knopf, 1976.
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