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Victoria had been ill for nearly two years with chills, fever and rheumatism and was exhausted. Image 1 of national american woman suffrage association collection copy speech on the principles of social freedom and the truth shall make your free. The rau sisters is raising funds for the coming woman. Victoria woodhull, the first woman to run for president, and her mysterious and disturbing erasure from the election and history. Woodhull for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. Frederick douglass, convention presidential nominations, and kentucky. She might be one of the most controversial women in american history, which means she is one of our favorites. The age of suffrage, spiritualism and the scandalous victoria woodhull. Selected writings of victoria woodhull nebraska press.
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