Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Political leaders & leadership
|
Buy Now
Free Woman - The Life and Times of Victoria Woodhull (Paperback)
Loot Price: R394
Discovery Miles 3 940
You Save: R58
(13%)
|
|
Free Woman - The Life and Times of Victoria Woodhull (Paperback)
(sign in to rate)
List price R452
Loot Price R394
Discovery Miles 3 940
You Save R58 (13%)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Victoria Woodhull is a historical figure too often ignored and
undervalued by historians. Although she never achieved political
power, her actions and her presence on the political scene helped
begin to change the way Americans thought about the right to vote,
particularly women’s suffrage, and she set the stage for
political emancipations to come throughout the twentieth century.
Woodhull was a product of and a revolutionary within the socially
conservative Victorian era, which predominated in the United States
as much as it did in England. She was an anomaly within her time,
an unlikely and unconventional woman. She came from a background of
poverty and her careers prior to entering politics included
fortune‑telling, acting, being a stock broker, journalism, and
lecturing on women’s rights. She ran for president of the United
States in 1872. At that time, she had twice been divorced and she
outraged even the feminists of her day by refusing to confine her
campaign to the issue of women’s suffrage. She advocated a single
sexual standard for men and women, legalization of prostitution,
reform of the marriage and family institutions, and “free
love.” She shocked a nation largely because her plain‑speaking
was designed to expose the endemic hypocrisy of “respectable”
people in society. Marion Meade has created a vivid picture of the
colorful figure that was Victoria Woodhull, but she also fully
portrays the era in which she lived, in all of its truest and often
most unflattering colors. She makes the 1870s read in many ways
like the 1970s, not just because Victoria Woodhull was far ahead of
her own time but also because many people in the present era are
still culturally behind the times.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.