![]() ![]() ![]() With her keen storytelling skills, she vividly brings to life the time and places in which Woodhull moved: New York City in 1868, when Woodhull arrived-a teeming, bustling, expanding city the brothels where Woodhull peddled various health elixirs and birth control products. Johnson, 1987) takes a broader approach in her journey through the emotional and financial roller-coaster ride of Woodhull’s life. Goldsmith (Little Gloria.Happy at Last, 1980 Johnson v. The first, Notorious Victoria by Mary Gabriel (published in January), while offering some pertinent historical background information, doesn-t stray far from the events of Woodhull’s soap-opera life. The past six months have seen not one but two excellent books finally giving this woman her historical due. Spiritualist, blackmailer, newspaper editor, presidential candidate, free love enthusiast: As this terrific tome proves, history is anything but boring when Victoria Woodhull is the topic. ![]()
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