For:
Victoria Woodhull
1838-1927
For:
Victoria Woodhull
1838-1927
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president. She ran in 1872 for the Equal Rights Party. Unfortunately she lost to Grant but she made a giant step for women in politics.
Could you imagine running for president? Well that is what Victoria Woodhull did. She broke the ice and went down in history for it. Victoria was born in 1838 in Ohio to a poor family. She had a girl and a boy who was mentally retarded.
Victoria believed in women's rights. This belief took her to New York. There Victoria and her sister, Tennessee, opened Woodhull, Claflin & Co.-Bankers and Brokers. This made them the first women stockbrokers in history.
In 1870, Victoria announced she would run for president. Victoria fought in Washington to get women the right to vote. She wanted this issue to become the 16th amendment. Unfortunately, she did not get this amendment passed.
At the election, in 1872, Susan B. Anthony took some women to the polls and forced the men in charge to let them vote. Susan B. Anthony got arrested for voting. Meanwhile Victoria was in jail because she was only 34 and in order to run for president she had to be 35. She was a woman not a man that might have been another reason she was jailed.
I think Victoria Woodhull was an extraordinary woman. She ran for president and fought for the right to vote for women.
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Quiz
1. Which amendment did Victoria Woodhull want ratified so that women would have the right to vote?
A. The 19th
B. The 20th
C. The 16th
Answer: C the 16th
Unfortunately women didn't get the right to vote until 1920 in the 19th amendment. Women had to struggle hard to get this right. Victoria Woodhull was one of the first women to go to Congress and propose this idea.
2. Victoria Woodhull ran for which party?
A. The Equal Rights Party
B. the Women's Rights Party
C. The Democratic Party
Answer: A The Equal Rights Party
The Equal Rights Party believed in women's rights and backed Victoria so she could try to be the first woman president.
3. Victoria Woodhull was the first _____?
A. Woman to run for president
B. woman to be a stockbroker
C. Both of the above
Answer: C Both of the above
In 1872, Victoria became the first woman to run for president. In addition, she and her sister were the first women stockbrokers. Victoria "Broke the Ice" in both areas.