In the 19th century, Victoria Woodhull was a clairvoyant, a businesswoman and an advocate for women's rights and sexual freedom. But she is best known as the first woman to run for president. Her 1872 campaign came at a time when most women did not even have the right to vote.
In the 19th century, Victoria Woodhull was a clairvoyant, a businesswoman and an advocate for women's rights and sexual freedom. But she is best known as the first woman to run for president. Her 1872 campaign came at a time when most women did not even have the right to vote.
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Celebrate Vote For Women! with suffragist Victoria Woodhull. Designed specifically for redwork embroidery, this simple line drawing is perfect for hand embroidery, as a relaxing coloring page, or combine the two and create a one-of-a-kind, crayon tinted, embroidered masterpiece. About this pattern: Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) was the first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872 for the Equal Rights Party, however she was not constitutionally old enough to become president due to the fact that she would not turn 35 years old until after inauguration.A radical among radicals (until about 1875), Woodhull advocated free love & divorced twice. After an 1877 move to England with her sister & daughter, Woodhull remarried & eventually supported the addition of kindergarten into England’s school curriculum. Disclaimer (A.K.A. The Fine Print): Patterns are for your personal use only. Please support my work as a fellow artist/crafter & share my blog & Etsy shop to those you think would like my patterns. Do not distribute my patterns yourself. Embroidery pattern ONLY. It's up to you to make it into a tea cozy, pillow, tote, quilt, wall hanging, et al. Pattern design by Patricia F. (Tisha) Dolton, aprilsongstress designs - aprilsongstress.com - © 2017-2023 - Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) Suffragist
Before Hillary Clinton, there was Victoria Woodhull.
Victoria Claflin Woodhull was the first women to ever run for president in the United States and the leader of the women’s suffrage movement. She ran in 1872 for the Equal Rights Party, though many historians have questioned whether or not her running for president was actually legal because she was younger than thirty-five. Woodhull […]
It is the year 2016 and we have just witnessed Hillary Clinton make history as the first woman to ever secure the presidential nomination of a major political party. If you have been paying close attention to the headlines announcing this historic event, then you have noticed that they are not sayin...
Before Hillary Clinton, there was Victoria Woodhull.
Before Warren, Harris or Clinton, there was Victoria Woodhull, the woman often credited as the first female presidential candidate.
Thinking about Anthony Comstock and Gilded Age sexuality this week, I was reminded of the woman Comstock destroyed, the fascinating feminist and free-love advocate, Victoria Woodhull. Born Victoria Claflin in Homer, Ohio in 1838, Woodhull became one of the most notorious figures of the Gilded Age. She entered a bad marriage when she was 15. […]