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Hace 2 días · Few were as colorful or sensational as Victoria Woodhull, who addressed the House Judiciary Committee in 1871 —the first woman ever to do so—and made powerful constitutional arguments that persuaded a minority of representatives. Both Woodhull and her sister, Tennessee Claflin, aroused controversy.
Hace 3 días · The reason: the breathtakingly radical Suff Victoria Woodhull and the completely respectable Suff Virginia Minor both independently started promoting the idea that the U.S. Constitution already enfranchised women with the 14th and 15th Amendments.
Hace 1 día · Martin Luther King Jr. Mahatma Gandhi Olympe de Gouges Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Victoria Woodhull W.E.B. Du Bois Alice Paul B. R. Ambedkar Muhammad Ali Jinnah Walter P. Reuther Dorothy Height Nelson Mandela Betty Friedan Frank Kameny Elie Wiesel Desmond Tutu James Bevel George Mason Civil rights leaders are influential figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and the ...
Hace 3 días · Woodhull Files Amicus Brief in Doe v. Grindr. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — June 18, 2024 — Washington, DC . Yesterday, the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, represented by Woodhull’s General Counsel, Walters Law Group, joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation in submitting an amicus brief asking the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit to affirm the dismissal of a complaint based ...
Hace 2 días · Victoria Woodhull is recognized as the first woman to run for president. She was nominated for president by the small Equal Rights Party.
Hace 4 días · John Moody, The Truth about The Trusts: A Description and Analysis of the American Trust Movement (New York: Moody Publishing Company, 1904). Public Domain, https://goo.gl/WMmtsY
Hace 3 días · Question: Who was the first woman to run for president? Answer: In 1872, Victoria Woodhull was named as the presidential candidate for the Equal Rights Party at their convention. Although Frederick Douglass was chosen as her running mate, he never accepted the nomination.
