1. Victoria Woodhull
By: Emma Dixon

2. Basics of Her Life Born Sept 23, 1838-1927 Born in Homer, Ohio
6th of 10 kids
Part of parents traveling medicine show (fortune telling, selling medicine, and faith healings)
Left Homer when father was accused of insurance fraud
No formal education, self taught
Married at 15 to 28yr old Canning Woodhull

3. Basics of Life cont.
She made a living with her sister Tennessee Claflin selling patent medicine and performing a spiritualist act
Found out husband was an alcoholic/womanizer
Got divorced in 1864 even though getting a divorce was a scandal
Several years later she remarried Colonel James Blood
1868 moved to New York City

4. Why she is famous
Victoria became friends with millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius made her a millionaire also
With her new found fortune she became the first woman stock broker
May of 1872 nominated presidential candidate of equal rights party
First women to run for president

5. Why she is famous cont.
In her presidential campaign she called for reform of political and social abuses, emancipation of labor, enfranchisement of women,
She also argued in favor of improved civil rights, abolition of capital punishment
She gained the support of socialists, trade unionists, and women suffragists

6. Her downfall
Conservative leaders of American Women Suffrage Association were shocked by her extreme ideas
She lost their support to Horace Greeley
Friends of President Ulysses S. Grant attacked her campaign saying she had affairs with married men, and that one of her sisters took drugs
Alleged that she had previously been married to an alcoholic

7. Her downfall cont.
Victoria was convinced that Henry Ward was behind the attack
She published a article about him in a journal saying he had had affairs with married women
Was sent to jail because of this entry
Missed the election because of jail time
Also, she was underage by one year so her name was never even on the ballot

8. Fun Facts
Was arrested 8 times in 7 months and endured several trials for obscenity and libel
Eventually went bankrupt because of legal fees
Moved to England in 1878 to start over
While living in England published the Humanitarian newspaper

9. Why We Should Remember Her
Example of a women who spoke out for what she believed in
Strong promoter of women’s rights and eight hour work days
First women to make the daring move to run for president

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