Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Woodhull
Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martinwas an American leader of the woman's suffrage movement...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth23 September 1838
CountryUnited States of America
sex government voice
I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.
sex understanding ignorant
There are none so ignorant but they may be taught. So, too, are there none so unfortunate in their understanding of the true and high relation of the sexes as not to be amenable to the right kind of instruction.
sex mean race
The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public vote of all citizens, without distinctions of race, color, occupation, or sex, is the only means by which that will can be ascertained.
sex pursuit-of-happiness liberty
I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
american-activist principles subjects
My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.
perfection heaven purity
I supposed that to marry was to be transported to a heaven not only of happiness but of purity and perfection.
sacrifice victim made
I do not intend to be made the scapegoat of sacrifice, to be offered up as a victim to society.
husband perfect wife
I imagined that the priestly ceremony was perfect sanctification, and that the sin of sins was for either husband or wife to be false to that relation.
suits matter chance
I shall make it my business to take my chances in the matter of libel suits.
husband angel impossible
I believed that a husband must necessarily be an angel, impossible of corruption or contamination.
children husband home
I went with my husband and an innocent child to California. I went to a theatrical manager and asked him to allow me to earn money enough on the stage to buy our tickets home. He did.
husband blood house
One of the charges made against me is that I lived in the same house with my former husband, Dr. Woodhull, and my present husband, Col. Blood. The fact is a fact.
political matter use
Political matters are developing so fast that we must not let a single thing slip without use.
wish assuming speak
I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.