I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
Victoria Woodhull Quotes
Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.
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| Birth: | 23rd September, 1838 |
| Death: | 9th June, 1927 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Leader |
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Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the woman's suffrage movement.
Woodhull was an advocate of free love, by which she meant the freedom to marry, divorce, and bear children without government interference. She was the first woman to start a weekly newspaper; an activist for women's rights and labor reforms. In 1872, she was the first female candidate for President of the United States.
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