Mark Alyn will have an amazing discussion today with Kate Danaher, author of Unstoppable: The Victoria Woodhull Story.
Question… Who was the first woman to run for United States president? When did she do so?
Most people are surprised to learn that this occurred in 1872… before women even had the right to vote.
That candidate, Victoria Woodhull, was jailed on election day!
Despite that, over 100 women have subsequently run for president, including:
- Belva Ann Lockwood
- Ellen Linea W. Jensen
- Mary Kennery
- Agnes Waters
- Margaret Chase Smith
- Charlene Mitchell
- Patsy Takemoto Mink
- Shirley Chisholm
- Linda Jenness
- Evelyn Reed
- Margaret Wright
- Ellen McCormack
- Maureen Smith
- Deirdre Griswold
- Sonia Johnson
- Gavrielle Holmes
- Patricia Schroeder
- Lenora B. Fulani
- Willa Kenoyer
- Helen Halyard
- Isabell Masters
- Gloria La Riva
- Monica Moorehead
- Marsha Feinland
- Mary Cal Hollis
- Diane Beall Templin
- Carol Moseley Braun
- Elizabeth Hanford Dole
- Cynthia McKinney
- Michele Bachmann
- Jill Stein
- Roseanne Barr
- Peta Lindsay
- Carly Fiorina
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Elizabeth Warren
- Amy Klobuchar
- Jo Jorgensen
- Marianne Williamson
- Nikki Haley
- Kamala Harris
- Claudia De la Cruz
Unstoppable: The Victoria Woodhull Story is an historical novel based on her life. It explores her youth, her marriages, her friendship with Henry Ward Beecher’s sister, Isabella Beecher Hooker, and her relationships with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. From a struggling childhood to the center of New York’s political and financial elite, Woodhull battles scandal, ridicule, betrayal and impossible odds as she fights to claim power in a world determined to silence women. Alongside her brilliant and fiercely loyal sister, Tennessee, she challenges the political establishment, confronts hypocrisy, and risks everything to demand equality. It is the story of the ideals she fought for, the slanders she withstood, and her determination to go on, even to the point of deceiving the authorities, so she could deliver her story.
This is Kate Danaher’s first novel. She is an award-winning writer whose feature screenplays have received accolades in over two dozen festivals and competitions. Her honors included both Best Period Drama and Outstanding Drama.
Learn more at: https://www.katedanaher.com/
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