Victoria Woodhull, Shattering Glass Ceilings
Victoria Woodhull, first woman to run for President.
As she sat in jail on election day 1872.......
Victoria Woodhull (September 23, 1838-June 10, 1927), a woman who came from a poverty-stricken background and with little education, she reflected on the journey she had taken to become the first woman to publicly address the United States Congress, one of the first woman to run a Wall Street brokerage, and the first women to run for U.S. president. As a New York newspaper editor and active suffragist-- her run for president came before women even had the right to vote. Her speech to congress about women's "Constitutional Equality" set the stage for the women's suffrage movement in America. Her break through of the male only political barrier shattered the male dominated world of business and politics. She is truly one of Ohio's most remarkable characters, accomplished more than anyone would have expected and is one of the most famous women you have likely never heard of.
Ohio is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, Taft, Harding, William Henry and Benjamin Harrison. It is also the birthplace of the first woman to run for president. While students read about Grant, Garfield, Taft and the other Ohio presidents in school, few have ever heard the story of Ohio's most persistent presidential candidate: Victoria Woodhull. Some say that Victoria Claflin Woodhull Blood Martin never made it to the presidency because she was not presidential-quality material. Others say that she didn't make it because she was a woman, and a woman had never been, and never would be, President. But even today, some still argue that Woodhull's gifts as storytelling, leg-pulling, palm-reading hornswaggler could have made her one of the all-time greats. This is her story... www.constitutionalequality.com This 34 minute film is available to be booked for screenings in 2025. Go to https://www.edenvalleyenterprises.org/contactgoogle.htm or you can watch it on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/victoriawoodhull?
Victoria Woodhull, first woman to run for President.
As she sat in jail on election day 1872.......
Victoria Woodhull (September 23, 1838-June 10, 1927), a woman who came from a poverty-stricken background and with little education, she reflected on the journey she had taken to become the first woman to publicly address the United States Congress, one of the first woman to run a Wall Street brokerage, and the first women to run for U.S. president. As a New York newspaper editor and active suffragist-- her run for president came before women even had the right to vote. Her speech to congress about women's "Constitutional Equality" set the stage for the women's suffrage movement in America. Her break through of the male only political barrier shattered the male dominated world of business and politics. She is truly one of Ohio's most remarkable characters, accomplished more than anyone would have expected and is one of the most famous women you have likely never heard of.
Ohio is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, Taft, Harding, William Henry and Benjamin Harrison. It is also the birthplace of the first woman to run for president. While students read about Grant, Garfield, Taft and the other Ohio presidents in school, few have ever heard the story of Ohio's most persistent presidential candidate: Victoria Woodhull. Some say that Victoria Claflin Woodhull Blood Martin never made it to the presidency because she was not presidential-quality material. Others say that she didn't make it because she was a woman, and a woman had never been, and never would be, President. But even today, some still argue that Woodhull's gifts as storytelling, leg-pulling, palm-reading hornswaggler could have made her one of the all-time greats. This is her story... www.constitutionalequality.com This 34 minute film is available to be booked for screenings in 2025. Go to https://www.edenvalleyenterprises.org/contactgoogle.htm or you can watch it on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/victoriawoodhull?
