Sex in the Gilded Age

Victoria Woodhull

Victoria Woodhull was a leading 19th century suffragette, a symbol for women's rights, and an advocate of free love — the freedom to marry, divorce, and bear children without government interference. In 1872, she became the first female candidate for president of the United States, nominated by the Equal Rights Party. She was also the first woman, along with her sister, to run a Wall Street brokerage firm.