Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 23. September 1838 |
Geburtsort | Homer, Ohio, U.S. |
Todesort | Bredon's_Norton |
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Beschreibung | Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927), was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for President of the United States in the 1872 election. While many historians and authors agree that Woodhull was the first woman to run for the presidency, some disagree with classifying it as a true candidacy because she was younger than the constitutionally mandated age of 35. (Woodhull's 35th birthday was in September 1873, six months after the March inauguration.) However, election coverage by contemporary newspapers does not suggest age was a significant issue; this may, however, be due to the fact that few took the candidacy seriously. |
I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.
I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.
I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
