Notorious Victoria
The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
28 January 1998
Summary
A remarkable biography … Well written and researched, this book warrants a spot on every serious American history student s bookshelf. - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
She was the first woman to run for president. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and to operate a brokerage firm on Wall Street. She’s the woman Gloria Steinem called “the most controversial suffragist of them all.” So why have most people never heard of Victoria Woodhull? In this extensively …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781616207526 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1616207523 |
| Author: | Mary Gabriel |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 1998 |
| Weight: | 513g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
“A remarkable biography … Well written and researched, this book warrants a spot on every serious American history student’s bookshelf.” -Kirkus Reviews, starred review “One of the most controversial American women of the late nineteenth century springs to life in this study that leaves no stone unturned.” -Publishers Weekly “[A] deftly written biography … of a hell-raising visionary.” -Mirabella “A meaty slice of feminist history peppered with Victorian drama.” -Civilization
Mary Gabriel
Mary Gabriel worked in Washington and London as a Reuters editor for nearly two decades. She is the author of Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone.
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