The improbable Victoria Woodhull : suffrage, free love, and the first woman to run for president / Eden Collinsworth.
| Author/creator | Collinsworth, Eden author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Doubleday, [2025] |
| Description | xv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "In 1894, an American woman with no formal education stood before a British court seeking damages for libel from the trustees of the British Museum. Born dirt-poor in an obscure Ohio settlement, Victoria Woodhull was raised by a mother spellbound by the pseudoscience of Mesmerism and a swindler father whose cons exploited his two daughters. Despite a deeply troubled upbringing, including a marriage at the age of fourteen, Woodhull would go on to achieve fame and financial success through sheer determination and the strength of her bond with her sister Tennie. She co-founded a successful stock brokerage on Wall Street, launched a newspaper, and became the first woman to run for president; she crossed paths with Cornelius Vanderbilt, Karl Marx, Henry Ward Beecher, and Frederick Douglass; and in an era when women's rights were circumscribed and the idea of leaving a marriage was taboo, she carved a path of her own. In this vividly written and exhaustively researched book, Collinsworth tells the story of a woman truly ahead of her time. Neither a saint nor a villain, Woodhull emerges as an iconic, complex woman whose political activism and suffragist legacy can still be felt today" -- Jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277). |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Collinsworth, Eden Improbable Victoria Woodhull First edition New York : Doubleday, [2025] 9780385549585 |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2024050274 |
| ISBN | 9780385549578 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0385549571 |
| ISBN | ebook |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ1413 .W66 C65 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |