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Forty-eight years before women were granted the right to vote, one woman dared to run for President of the United States, yet her name has been virtually written out of the history books.Rising from the shame of an abusive childhood, Victoria Woodhull, the daughter of a con-man and a religious…
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Wow, wow, wow. I never knew the first woman to run for president, pumped full of audacity and ambition, placed her name on a ballot over 150 years ago! This book dives into the life of Victoria Woodhull, a pioneering figure whose radical views shook 19th-century America.
The book doesn't just recount the historical 1872 election; I walked back into a vividly described past to embrace and celebrate the struggles and triumphs of women fighting for their rights with a new appreciation of those challenges. I read this novel with my book club as an apt choice to celebrate the…
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