Victoria Woodhull's Campaign for U.S. President, 1872

Woodhull, Victoria

Victoria Woodhull, a medical clairvoyant, stock broker, and newspaper publisher, was born into a poor family in Homer, Ohio. A hard-luck marriage to an alcoholic at the age of 15 made it necessary that she support her family. In 1867 she traveled with her sister Tennessee Claflin to New York City where the smart, beautiful sisters sought, and received, the financial backing of Commodore Corn...