Victoria Woodhull: First Woman Presidential Candidate (Feminist Voices) [Library Binding]

Jacqueline McLean (Author), Jacqueline A. Kolosov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Feminist Voices

A brief, insightful biography of one of the most controversial figures in the American women's rights movement.

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From age 14, Victoria Clafin more or less supported her hapless family as a spiritualist, along with her younger sister, Tennessee. Clairvoyance was a popular pastime in mid-nineteenth-century America, and Buck Clafin gladly pushed his daughters to make money with their talents. Spiritualism would mark Victoria's long and remarkable public career. An unhappy early-age marriage to Canning Woodhull forced her to continue earning her own living, which she did with aplomb and considerable success. Eventually entering the political arena as an ardent suffragist and feminist, Woodhull published a popular, highly controversial newspaper, addressed a congressional committee on the subject of women's vote, and declared herself a candidate for president. In 1872, the Equal Rights Party nominated her as a presidential candidate. Too controversial for many suffragists and others because of Marxist leanings and advocacy of "free love," Woodhull left for London in 1877, where she lived until her death in 1927, somewhat more quietly but ever active. Not the smoothest read and not a first choice purchase because of a lack of clarity and sloppy editing, but a fascinating subject for biography and history assignments. Source notes; bibliography; time line; black-and-white photos. Anne O'Malley

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 112 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Publishing; 1st edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883846471
• ISBN-13: 978-1883846473
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,499,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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