Notorious Victoria
The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
27 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 researched biog…
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: | 27 January 1998 |
| Weight: | 513g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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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
About The Author
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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