The Terrible Siren: Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)

As Publishers Weekly noted, “No heroine of any romance ever had a more adventurous career than this unvictorian Victoria.” In Victoria Woodhull’s prime during the mid to late 1800s, women were not allowed to vote, were not encouraged to run a business, and certainly did not speak of free love, much less get divorced. Women endured other ridiculous conventions, like not being seen outside a home after dark without an escort. Restaurants refused to serve single women after 6pm. Victoria Woodhull s