![]() ![]() She became a leader for the women’s suffrage movement and took on anyone and anything that stood in her way.įirst of all, I want to state that this book gave huge insight into Woodhull’s beliefs, motivations, and her determined ways to make women equal in all regards. ![]() ![]() Even Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton did not publicly stand for these rights for fear of being chastised. You’ll find out why within the pages of the book.Īs this novel represents, Woodhull did quite a bit of TRUE campaigning for women’s rights without a care for social etiquette, and not only the right to vote, but the right to marry, divorce, and have children without government interference. Anthony and group to take the limelight as the suffragettes of history. I vaguely remember hearing of Victoria Woodhull in my university history degree pursuits, yet then again in my research when I was looking into a project on the women’s suffrage movement. However, to most people, the author of the book is correct, she’s been highly swept under the rug for the legendary Susan B. ![]() I’ve read so much about famous people from Ohio in the 1800s lately, it was interesting to add her to the list. Even though her voice was strong it has been quieted to the nation, even in history books. It was a little surprising that Woodhull was born in Licking County, Ohio, which is the state in which I reside. I recently read a book I much anticipated, The Renegade Queen by Eva Flynn, which was about the life of the forgotten American feminist Victoria Woodhull. ![]()
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