Victoria Woodhull,(R)the Spirit to Run the White House
ELECT TO END
PARTY POLITICS
Jan.
15, 2005
Inkling Books has released two new Victoria Woodhull books: Free Lover: Sex, Marriage and Eugenics in the Early Writings of Victoria Woodhull and Lady Eugenist: Feminist Eugenics in the Speeches and Writings of Victoria Woodhull.
These books are intended for anyone interested in reading the hard- to-find original speeches of Victoria Woodhull on the topics of Free Love and Eugenics. The books are indispensable for the serious Victoria Woodhull scholar and are available through Amazon and this web site. If you're in a hurry and on a budget, you can purchase individual Adobe e-text speeches for the bargain price of $1.95. Great for those last minute reports!
In the realm of fiction, author Marge Piercy has released her book Sex Wars which features Victoria Woodhull as an important character. The similarity between the controversies of the Victorian era and today are explored in her book. Again, you can purchase the book through Amazon and this web site. To read about the author's journey in writing the book, click here.
Upcoming Victoria Woodhull Plays
The Foundry Theatre in New York City has received a grant to produce a multimedia play, "Ecstatic States," by Juliana Francis. No word on when the play will debut, but it may be sometime in 2006.
Last Year's Victoria Woodhull Hit
In August, Michael Dale of Broadway World had nothing but praise for The Suffrajets Present A Musical Seance. He described the anachronistic show as "a bill of musical acts, scenes, monologues and a bit of burlesque." It was almost like having Victoria Woodhull back in New York City to stir things up a bit.
Best Original Research
Victoria Woodhull & Company doesn't give out book awards, but if we did, an award would certainly go to Amanda Frisken for her 2004 book, Victoria Woodhull's Sexual Revolution: Political Theater and the Popular Press in Nineteenth-Century America. Her work stands out amongst the other books on Victoria Woodhull, because she doesn't regurgitate the same old information. She has done original research that provides a fresh view of Victoria Woodhull's public career. This book is worth the money if only for the illustrations from the "The Days' Doings," a scandal tabloid. It's a scholarly work, but also very readable, so it will complement any one of the Victoria Woodhull biographies.
Victoria Woodhull & Company
Jackson, MI
517-579-3020
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