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Victoria Woodhull: First Woman Presidential Candidate
112 pp.
| Morgan |
August, 1999 |
TradeISBN 1-883846-47-1$$18.95
(4)
YANotable Americans series.
Contradictory, controversial Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872, when women weren't even allowed to vote. McLean highlights her many amazing accomplishments and excuses her more scandalous causes (her spiritualism, her early advocacy and later recantation of "free love"), presenting a clear, coherent narrative of an admirable life. Poorly reproduced photos illustrate the book. Bib., ind.