Amazon.com description: Product Description: A biography of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman who ran for President of the United States, in 1872. Woodhull was an unconventional woman who emerged on the political scene from a background of poverty and a career as actress, stockbroker and journalist. Twice divorced, she outraged even the feminists of her day by refusing to confine her campaign to the issue of womens suffrage. Instead, she advocated reform of marriage and family institutions, as well as free love.