Victoria Woodhull, American activist for women's rights (born 1838)

Victoria Woodhull

American women's suffrage activist (1838–1927)

Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 1872 election. While many historians and authors agree that Woodhull was the first woman to run for the…