Notorious Victoria: The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President
Mary Gabriel
(Author)
Description
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 researched biography, journalist Mary Gabriel offers readers a balanced portrait of a unique and complicated woman who was years ahead of her time--and perhaps ahead of our own.
Product Details
Price
$24.99
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Publish Date
January 28, 1998
Pages
336
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.8 inches | 1.13 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781616207526
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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.
Reviews
"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