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Victoria C. Woodhull: I therefore claim the right to speak for the unenfranchised women of the country, and believing as I do that the…

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I therefore claim the right to speak for the unenfranchised women of the country, and believing as I do that the prejudices which still exist in the popular mind against women in public life will soon disappear, I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull announces her candidacy for the presidency, claiming to represent disenfranchised women.

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