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 Free Lover: Sex, Marriage and Eugenics in the Early Writings of Victoria Woodhull,
Victoria Woodhull, introduction by Michael W. Perry, 2005. The companion volume to Lady Eugenist.

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Lady Eugenist: Feminist Eugenics in the Speeches and Writings of Victoria Woodhull,
Victoria Woodhull, introduction by Michael W. Perry, 2005.  A paperback collection of writings on eugenics by Victoria Woodhull.  The writings can also be purchased individually as Adobe eBooks for $1.95. (see below).
  • Children -- Their Rights and Privileges (The Training of Children --- Good Advice to Mothers)
  • The Garden of Eden; or, Paradise Lost and Found
  • Humanitarian Government
  • Stirpiculture; or, The Scientific Propagation of the Human Race
  • The Scientific Propagation of the Human Race; or, Humanitarian Aspects of Finance and Marriage. The Science of Well Being
  • The Rapid Multiplication of the Unfit
The Garden of Eden; Or the Paradise Lost and Found,
Victoria Woodhull, 2005.  Dodo Press paperback.
A Woman for President : The Story of Victoria Woodhull,
Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Jane Dyer, 2004.  A beautifully illustrated book for ages 9-12.
Victoria Woodhull's Sexual Revolution: Political Theater and the Popular Press in Nineteenth-Century America,
Amanda Frisken, 2004. Includes images of Woodhull coverage in the "Police Gazette," the 19th century version of the "National Enquirer."
Victoria Woodhull: Free Spirit for Women's Rights (Oxford Portraits),
Miriam Brody, 2004.  For grades 7 and up.
Das Aufsehen erregende Leben der Victoria Woodhull,
Anjte Schrupp, 2002.  German (Deutsche) language only. "The Sensational, Exciting Life of Victoria Woodhull."  Available on Amazon.de only.  Not available on the American Amazon site. Author site on Victoria Woodhull.

Gob's Grief, (Fiction)
Chris Adrian, 2002.  A story about Gob and Tomo Woodhull, fictional twin sons of Victoria Woodhull.  Also available as a Microsoft Reader eBook.
 
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Victoria Woodhull : First Woman Presidential Candidate (Notable Americans),
Jacqueline MacLean, 2000. Biography written for the youth market offered by Amazon.
Notorious Victoria, Mary Gabriel, 1998.
Written by a journalist, Notorious Victoria provides a reporter's balanced account of the life of Victoria Woodhull. The book explains, rather than condemns, Woodhull's free love advocacy. The book is enriched by the input of Owen Stinchcombe, a British writer who researched Woodhull's life in England. To order from Amazon, click on the cover above. Read an excerpt from Notorious Victoria

 

 

 

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Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, & the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull,
Barbara Goldsmith, 1998. The Jacket Description of Other Powers
Other Powers is the book to consult for an intimate view of the times of Victoria Woodhull. It demonstrates the important role spiritualism played in empowering women. In it, you'll discover the background necessary to understand Woodhull and her contemporaries. This book was extensively researched and has a lengthy bibliography which goes beyond the usual sources. Available in both hard cover and paperback. Read an excerpt from Other Powers

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The Woman Who Ran for President in Paperback
The Woman Who Ran for President , Lois Beachy Underhill, 1995.
The Woman Who Ran for President broke ground for new research on Victoria Woodhull beyond that of Emanie Sachs. Underhill contacted the British family of Woodhull's last husband John Biddulph Martin for previously unpublished material. She also consulted psychotherapists for an analysis of Woodhull's psyche and presents an interesting theory that Woodhull's sister Utica was a dyslexic. Available in both hard cover and paperback from Amazon.

 

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The Vixens, James Brough, 1980. (fiction) [OUT OF PRINT]

 

A Thread of Scarlet, A Play in Two Acts,
Howard Richardson, 1980. [OUT OF PRINT] Available by special order from Amazon.
 
Victoria la Scandaleuse, Nicole Blondeau & Jean-Paul Feuillebois, 1979. (French fiction; Fran�ais)

 

The Victoria Woodhull Reader
, edited by Madeleine B. Stern, 1974 reprints.
This is the book to consult for the original speeches of Victoria Woodhull. This is Victoria in her own words, uncensored by the Victorian press. Available by special order from Amazon.

Free Woman
, Marion Meade, 1976. [OUT OF PRINT]
It seems impossible that Victoria Woodhull would make a suitable subject for a biography for the young, but with Meade's pen she does. Surprisingly, Meade doesn't hold back on discussing Woodhull's views on sexuality. She presents the topics of divorce, free love, and prostitution tactfully. Few parents would object to her handling of a difficult subject. Available by special order from Amazon.

 

Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly: the Lives & Writings of Notorious Victoria Woodhull & her Sister Tennessee,
compiled by Arlene Kisner, 1972. [OUT OF PRINT] Very short book with extracts from Theodore Tilton's bio and from the Weekly.

 

The Garden of Eden, the Allegorical Meaning Revealed , Victoria Woodhull, 1972 reprint by Health Research, Mokelumne Hill, CA. This book reprints a portion of "The Garden of Eden," but it is not complete. Victoria's archaic views on ovulation have been expunged. The religious re-interpretation of the book of Genesis may have been written by Colonel Blood in part, if not entirely. In letters to friends, he expressed his theories on menstruation, which seem to be reflected here.

Mrs. Satan, Johanna Johnston, 1967. [OUT OF PRINT]
Both Mrs. Satan and Vicky by M.M. Marberry are mostly retellings of Emanie Sachs' original biography. You'll find a few interesting tidbits not in Sachs, but for the most part they're the same story. It's just a matter of which writer's style you prefer. Marberry is the most humorous. Mrs. Satan available by special order from Amazon.

 

Vicky, M.M. Marberry, 1967. [OUT OF PRINT]

 

Whirlwind in Petticoats, Beril Becker (fiction) [OUT OF PRINT]

 

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Terrible Siren, Emanie Nahm Sachs [Arling], 1928. Reprinted in 1970's. [OUT OF PRINT]
For years, Terrible Siren has been considered the definitive biography of Woodhull. The Fogg family unsuccessfully tried to prevent publication of this book because they considered it libelous. Although some of the facts are more like fiction, the book still reads well after seventy years. Sachs included unsubstantiated rumors, anecdotes, and hearsay because she believed they were telling of Victoria Woodhull. In actuality, they're more telling of the author and the flappers' attitudes toward their Victorian forebears. Available by special order from Amazon.

 

Origins, Tendencies, & Principles of Government, Victoria Woodhull, 1871. This is a rare book, held by such libraries as the University of Michigan. Currently for sale by Priscilla Juvelis, Inc. for $1,250.00.


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 Victoria C. Woodhull, A Biographical Sketch Read the first biography ever written about Victoria Woodhull. Published by Theodore Tilton in 1871.


Milo Adams Townsend & the Social Movements of the Nineteenth Century, edited by Peggy Jean Townsend & Charles Walker Townsend III. Chapter on Stanton & Woodhull.

 

Book Reviews & Author Interviews/Sites

Sex Wars
 A street-level, albeit fictional, view of American history through feminist-colored glasses" by Susan Wickstrom
Author Marge Piercy's Own Site
Gob's Grief
 My Brother's Keeper by Linda L. Richards
 Review by Mary Elizabeth Williams
 
Notorious Victoria & Other Powers
 Feminist Found: A Summer of Love Refugee in the Victorian Age by Bill Strubbe
 Houston Chronicle Review by Jonelle Bonta
Notorious Victoria
 Salon Magazine Review by Megan Harlan
Other Powers
 Review by Bob Powers
 Review by Richard Bernstein from Author Barbara Goldsmith's Own Site
 The Joys of Fraud and Balderdash by Katherine Powers for the Boston Globe
A Spirit of Feminism....by Mary Loeffelholz for the Boston Globe
  Scandal, Seances, & Seneca Falls by Kevin Nies
 The Woman Who Ran for President
 Lois Beachy Underhill's Victoria Woodhull Home Page
 Sunshine for Women Summary of The Woman Who Ran for President
 

Books with Chapters or Paragraphs on Victoria Woodhull

Sex Wars, (Fiction)
Marge Piercy, 2005.
Rereading Sex : Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America (Paperback),
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, 2003.

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Trials of Intimacy: Love and Loss in the Beecher-Tilton Scandal,
Richard Wightman Fox, 1999.
A History of the American Suffragist Movement by Doris Weatherford, 1998.
Nicht Marxistin und auch nicht Anarchistin. Frauen in der Ersten Internationale,
Antje Schrupp, 1999. Available from Amazon.de in Germany only.
The Struggle for Women's Rights: Theoretical and Historical Sources by George & Margaret Klosko, 1998.
Women Suffragists, Diana Star Helmer, 1998.
Available from Amazon. Part of the American Profile Series. Young adult. Short biographies of 10 women, including Victoria Woodhull.
Women Short-changed by History by Barbara Venton Montgomery, 1998.
Alternative Constitutions for the United States, A Documentary History by Steven R. Boyd, 1992. Reprints Victoria Woodhull's Consitution of the United States of the World.
Reverend Beecher and Mrs. Tilton : Sex and Class in Victorian America,
Altina Waller, 1982.
The Nympho & Other Maniacs,   Irving Wallace, 1971.  The Nympho & Other Maniacs contains the most salacious and sensational account of Victoria Woodhull. If you want to be shocked, this is the book. If you want the facts, look elsewhere.
The Square Pegs, Irving Wallace, 1957. Virtually identical to the chapter in The Nympho & Other Maniacs.
 

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