Primary Source Spotlight: Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull was a woman suffrage and labor reform activist and the first female candidate for U.S. President. She ran on the Equal Right’s Party ticket in 1872 with Frederick Douglass as the Vice Presidential candidate, running against Republican president Ulysses S. Grant and Democratic candidate Horace Greeley.
Victoria Woodhull historical newspaper coverage
- The Coming Woman: Victoria C. Woodhull, the Balmoral Broker, to Race for the White House New York Herald April 2, 1870
- Victoria Woodhull: Topics in Chronicling America timeline and select articles
The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives receiving a deputation of female suffragists illustration
- The Notorious Victoria Woodhull Addresses Congress curator’s note
- Address to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives – Jan. 11, 1871 Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, Iowa State University
And The Truth Shall Make You Free a speech on the principles of social freedom, delivered in Steinway Hall, Nov. 20, 1871
“Get thee behind me, (Mrs.) Satan!” political cartoon
Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated
The Great Secession Speech of Victoria C. Woodhull Before the National Woman’s Suffrage Convention 1871
A History of the Work of the Winter of 1871, with Memorial of Mrs. V. C. Woodhull
The First Woman to Run for President LOC.gov Wise Guide
The First Woman To Run For President: Victoria Woodhull National Park Service
Victoria Woodhull: First Woman Presidential Candidate New-York Historical Society
Women on the Ballot Library of Congress Magazine January-Febuary 2017
Election Day Collection Coverage Library of Congress Blog
Victoria Woodhull National Women’s History Museum
Victoria C. Woodhull Iowa State University Archives of Women’s Political Communication