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Born into poverty and an abusive home, Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennessee Claflin were the belles of high finance in the early 1870’s. They dabbled as faith healers, social reformers and suffragists, and were no strangers to scandal. Before women earned the right to vote, Woodhull was the United States’ first female presidential candidate in 1872, running against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant. Find out how Woodhull and Claflin fit into the women’s movement and how they were the darlings of early celebrity culture in the 19th century.