Victoria Woodhull’s Radical Life + The Booksellers Who Defied America’s Most Powerful Censor
About this episode
The episode explores the lives of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President, and the battle over censorship in New York's Book Row.
This week on Writer’s Voice: Two fascinating stories from women’s history. Eden Collinsworth tells the story of Victoria Woodhull—the first woman to run for President of the United States. Then novelist Shelley Noble takes us to New York’s legendary Book Row during a fierce battle over censorship.
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