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The Woman Who Ran for President : The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull by  Lois B Underhill - First Edition - 1995 - from Dickinson Books and Biblio.com
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Relatively forgotten today, Victoria Woodhull ran against Grant in 1872 as the nominee of the Equal Rights Party. She was also the first women stockbroker and the first woman to address Congress on suffrage. This biography attempts to restore her position in the pantheon of early feminists.


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"Ms. Underhill...has pieced together a...convincing portrait, base on an impressive amout of original research. Her attitude toward her subject is sympathetic without being sycophantic, intelligently critical but never condescending."

The Woman Who Ran for President : The Many Lives of Victoria Woodhull

by Underhill, Lois B

First Edition

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Book description: Bridgehampton, NY, U.S.A.: Bridge Works Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1995. 347 pages including bibliography, notes and index. Illustrated with photographs. The biography of a relatively unknown pioneer feminist: the first woman Wall Street broker, the first to testify before Congress on suffrage and the first to run for President.. ISBN: 1882593103. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WOMEN POLITICS WOODHULL VICTORIA CLAFLIN 1838 1927 SOCIAL SCIENCE S STUDIES.

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