She Ran for President, Broker, Publisher

Victoria Woodhull ran for President in 1872, had her own brokerage firm, a first for a woman and was the first female newspaper publisher. A real extrovert.

Born in 1838 in Homer, Ohio, Victoria Claflin Woodhull was an outspoken and controversial figure whose legacy as a trailblazer for women’s rights, gender equality, and sexual freedom endures to this …