Women Rising

Women Rising

The members of the Senate Judiciary holding confirmation hearings on SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh should read Victoria Woodhull’s words below. Senator Kamala Harris is intrepid enough to evoke if not the words, then surely the sentiments of dealing with federal...
The Female Paul Revere: Heroines in American History

The Female Paul Revere: Heroines in American History

American Herstory is filled with amazing women who exhibited courage and conviction yet are little known to the general public… because they were women. Men who accomplished some of the exact same tasks, or less have been canonized. Victoria Woodhull along with her...
On May 10th, 1872 Victoria Woodhull was Nominated

On May 10th, 1872 Victoria Woodhull was Nominated

To celebrate the anniversary of the first woman to be nominated for U.S. President, we offer this excerpt from SCANDALOUS: Fame, Infamy, and Paradise Lost, Volume Two, The Victoria Woodhull Saga by Neal Katz. (The narrative is first person as Victoria Woodhull). On...
#MeToo Started in 1872

#MeToo Started in 1872

Before the social support for today’s #MeToo movement, two women courageously denounced and accused two public figures, and exposed the rampant sexual misconduct of “the most famous man in America,” the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, and others—in 1872. It...