For Women's History Month, I wanted to highlight Victoria Woodhull, who wrote a letter to the New York Herald in 1870 announcing that she was running for president. At the time, women were not ...

Victoria Woodhull knew that it was impossible for her to actually become President. Her campaign had a single purpose: to challenge Americans to consider whether a woman could lead a country.

NPR animator and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Victoria Woodhull, who wrote a letter to the New York Herald in 1870 announcing she was... For Women's History Month, I wanted to ...

For Women’s History Month, I wanted to highlight Victoria Woodhull, who wrote a letter to the New York Herald in 1870 announcing that she was running for president. At the time, women were not allowed ...

Olusoga and Churchwell have moved on to the story of Victoria Woodhull, the “completely forgotten” American who, in 1872, was the first woman to run for US president (spoiler: she didn’t win).

One of the most iconic yet largely unknown figures of this period was Victoria Woodhull. In 1872, she became the first woman to run for president of the United States. She was a suffragist and a ...

Future episodes include the remarkable story of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president in the US in 1872; the Great Storm of 1703, the most violent weather event ever recorded in ...

1872 – Victoria Claflin Woodhull becomes the first woman presidential ... She is nominated to the US Customs Court by President Calvin Coolidge. 1932 – Hattie Wyatt Caraway is the first ...

One of the most iconic yet largely unknown figures of this period was Victoria Woodhull. In 1872, she became the first woman to run for president of the United States. She was a suffragist and a ...