Notorious Victoria: the Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored by Mary Gabriel

Notorious Victoria: the Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored by Mary Gabriel

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 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.

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

The Author: Francis Feeley teaches world history at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, where he also serves as sponsor of the Xi-Omicron Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta and is Director of the Student/Faculty International Exchange Program with universities in France and the Soviet Union. He earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and he is currently working on the translation of the autobiography of Louis Bouet, a French primary school teacher who was active in the anti-war movement during the period of the First World War. Dr. Feeley has also written on the Japanese American internment of 1942, and the uses of social science inside Japanese American concentration camps.

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ISBN 13	9781565121324
ISBN 10	1565121325
Title	Notorious Victoria: the Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored
Author	Mary Gabriel
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Workman Publishing
Year published	1998-01-28
Number of pages	372
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