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Woodhull

American  
[wood-huhl] / ˈwʊdˌhʌl /

noun

  1. Victoria Claflin 1838–1927, U.S. social reformer, newspaper publisher, and women's-rights advocate.


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A spiritualist, newspaper publisher and political activist, Woodhull defied social convention in nearly every aspect of her eventful life.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

And from Susan B. Anthony to Victoria Woodhull, Lepore depicts the suffragettes who marched for decades, often in tension with Black feminists, before they won the franchise.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2025

These included people reading presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull's popular newspaper, Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly, which Comstock continually tried to shut down.

From Scientific American Apr. 28, 2023

She worked for 12 years at Woodhull Medical Center’s ER.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2020

For three years, she had heard Victoria Woodhull and other suffragists argue that the Fourteenth Amendment gave all citizens—including women—the right to vote.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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