A Woman For President

The Story of Victoria Woodhull
by Kathleen Krull

Can you name the first woman to run for president, or the first woman to have a seat on the stock exchange? Do you know the first woman to own a newspaper or to speak before Congress?

Amazingly, one woman achieved each of these feats, and her name has been all but erased from history. Born in complete poverty, the seventh of ten children, Victoria Woodhull was supporting her family by the age of eight as a child preacher. Seeking a better life, she married, divorced, moved to New York City, and became a millionaire by offering Cornelius Vanderbilt financial advice from the spirit world.

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"'A Woman For President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull' brings a fascinating character from history to schoolchildren...it's about time that this remarkable woman's life is made available to young readers."

Cokie Roberts,
The New York Times Book Review