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By Victoria C. Woodhull,Cari M. Carpenter

Suffragist, lecturer, eugenicist, businesswoman, unfastened lover, and the 1st girl to run for president of the U.S., Victoria C. Woodhull (1838–1927) has been all yet forgotten as a number one nineteenth-century feminist author and radical. Selected Writings of Victoria Woodhull is the 1st multigenre, multisubject selection of her fabrics, giving modern audiences a glimpse into the unconventional perspectives of this nineteenth-century girl who endorsed loose love among consensual adults and who was once categorised “Mrs. devil” via cartoonist Thomas Nast. Woodhull’s texts demonstrate the a number of conflicting facets of this influential lady, who has been portrayed some time past as both a disreputable determine or a courageous pioneer.

This selection of letters, speeches, essays, and articles elucidate many of the lesser-known routine and ideas of the 19th century. It additionally highlights, via Woodhull’s correspondence with fellow suffragist Lucretia Mott, tensions in the suffragist stream and demonstrates the altering political surroundings and position of ladies in company and politics within the overdue 19th century.

With a entire creation contextualizing Woodhull’s most crucial writing, this assortment offers a transparent lens wherein to view past due nineteenth-century suffragism, exertions reform, reproductive rights, sexual politics, and spiritualism.

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