Book Review: Alternate Presidents Sep 7, 2008
Women presidents are featured in two stories starring also-rans, Belva Ann Lockwood and Victoria Woodhull. Woodhull s story We Are Not Amused by Laura Resnick is particularly fun and charming. (Suite101.com)
Not the first and not the last Aug 23, 2008
These special women date back to 1872, almost 50 years before women got the right to vote, when Victoria Woodhull was the candidate of the Equal Rights Party ... After observing Victoria Woodhull's presidential campaign, Lockwood decided to become a lawyer. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The Fives: Political potpourri -- Women candidates, great orators and when polls go bad Jun 3, 2008
My favorite, of course, is Victoria Woodhull, who in 1872 founded her own newspaper and later owned her own a Wall Street investiment firm. And she ran for president. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers to Simultaneously Publish Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton Picture Book Biographies in September 2008 May 28, 2008
She has written a number of books, including Lives of Extraordinary Women and A Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull. Illustrator AMY JUNE BATES graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in illustration. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
COMMENTARY: Reviving feminism: We should not be afraid May 25, 2008
In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Victoria Woodhull and other famous first-wave feminists met at Seneca Falls, N.Y., to discuss the injustices that they felt women all across the United States were subjected to by the men who so often took them for granted. In 1963, Betty Freidan, a New York journalist, published "The Feminine Mystique." It was her first book and outlined the problem that American wives and mothers often faced in the '50s and '60s: the fact that they weren't... (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings got it right Apr 8, 2008
Ever since Victoria Woodhull ran for the United States presidency on the Equal Rights Party ticket in 1872, followed lately by such self-motivated women as Angel Merkel of Germany, Gloria Arroyo of Philippines, Cristina Fernandez de Kircher of Argentina, Michelle Bachelet of Chile, coupled with the desire of Hilary Clinton to run for the United States presidency, the glass ceiling for women in higher political office and other social spheres have remained intact under the watchful eyes of men.... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
MORE TV Debates Planned... Mar 15, 2008
Political Radar: Obama vs. Clinton: They Meet Again. Obama vs. Clinton: They Meet Again. (The Drudge Report)
President Mod Squad Feb 5, 2008
Nominated for president was the "Free Love" candidate, a Vanderbilt pal and Wall Street tyro, the thirty-four-year-old Victoria Woodhull, whose clarity was her weapon: "I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may . ..". The Equal Rights platform was astonishingly prescient of what we now know as the social welfare government of the New Deal, the Great Society, even Compassionate Conservatism, using the phrase "cradle to grave." Most importantly, the... (Human Events Online)
The Constitution and the Candidates Feb 5, 2008
Although not a practical possibility, there is at least one actual example: Victoria Woodhull ran for president long before women had the right to vote (1872). --alewbail. (Slate)
Times change and votes can too Jan 30, 2008
In 1872, women's rights activist Victoria Woodhull was the first woman nominated for president of the United States. This was before the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. (Maryville Daily Forum, MO)
Nation's history is embedded in portrait of a famous writer Jan 9, 2008
He lavishes attention on husband Calvin Stowe, Lord Byron, Victoria Woodhull, and Henry Ward Beecher. Stowe's other siblings, especially the sisters who have figured so prominently in feminist scholarship, and her children, especially her daughters, play only minor roles. (Boston Globe)
Cootie patrol Dec 7, 2007
I mention the names Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Chase Smith, and Shirley Chisolm and I get something like this in response; "Aren't those knock-offs of Victoria's Secret, Vera Wang, and Calvin Klein?". At this point you're thinking, "Gee, you pompous, misogynist jerk. I can't understand why you're single when you assume most female students are so uneducated when it comes to previous female presidential candidates." But let's be honest, there are others who are reading this right now who really... (Daily Iowan, IA)
If Abortion Were Illegal Aug 4, 2007
A liberal social issues group, AtCenterNetwork. com, recently created a mini-documentary filmed outside a Libertyville, Ill. (Human Events Online)
Casting notes Apr 29, 2007
Another movie, Victoria Woodhull, revolves around a woman who ran for president in 1872, 48 years before women got the right to vote in federal elections. Beyond the previously announced How to Look Good Naked pilot with Queer Eye for the Straight Guy co-host Carson Kressley, reality shows in development include Going for Broke, where women in financial trouble battle to have their debt forgiven, and Americas Psychic Challenge. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Lifetime raises Sunday stakes Apr 25, 2007
Among the movies in development are "House of Hilton," which traces the Hilton dynasty beginning with scion Conrad, and "Victoria Woodhull," about the 19th century feminist. On the nonscripted side, Lifetime is developing finance reality skein "Going for Broke," as well as Bunim/Murray psychic competition series "America's Psychic Challenge" and popularity contest "Judgment Day," the latter two of which have been greenlit to pilot. (Variety)
Verhoeven is back with 'Black Book' Mar 29, 2007
I tried to develop a movie about Victoria Woodhull, an infamous proto-feminist prostitute who ran for president in 1872, but there was not enough enthusiasm from financiers. At the same time, there was a story from the early '80s that I worked on with my old script writer, Gerard Soeteman. (USA Today -- Life)
Before Hillary: Five women who dared to dream of the presidency Mar 12, 2007
Biography: Married three times, an advocate of free love and a businesswoman, Victoria Woodhull lived unashamedly outside the norms of her time. She became one of the first female stockbrokers when she opened a Wall Street brokerage firm with her sister in 1870. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Several Women Have Come Close to Taking the Oval Office Mar 9, 2007
AP PHOTO/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS This undated photo shows Victoria Woodhull, who ran for President of the United States in 1872 ... Biography: Married three times, an advocate of free love and a businesswoman, Victoria Woodhull lived unashamedly outside the norms of her time. (The Ledger)
Hillary Seeking Bush Money, Times 10 Feb 3, 2007
Still, althought Hillary Clinton isn't the first female presidential candidate - that honor goes to Victoria Woodhull who, in 1872, was the first female nominated as a presidential candidate on the Equal Rights Party ticket - she may set a fundraising record during the 2008 campaing if she can get the Democrats' big money donors squarely behind her. While Bush used the term "Pioneers" to honor his top-echelon fund-raisers, Clinton's team has not yet decided on a name. (Newsmax)
Presidential Candidates Women Jan 21, 2007
Victoria Woodhull, 1872: The first woman to run for president, Woodhull was an Equal Rights Party candidate. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1872 election as a Republican. (Newsday -- Politics)
Hillary's New Strategy: The Mom President Dec 24, 2006
Victoria Woodhull, an early suffragette and mistress of Cornelius Vanderbilt ran as the candidate of the Equal Rights Party). Hillary s new strategy echoes the 1996 Bill Clinton strategy in pushing a fatherhood agenda. (Fox News)
Speaker-to-be has a to-do list Nov 10, 2006
1872 Victoria Woodhull runs for president on the Equal Rights Party ticket. Jump to page: 1. (Newsday -- Politics)
