The Claflin Sisters: “Bewitching Brokers and Queens of Finance”
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Title
The Claflin Sisters: “Bewitching Brokers and Queens of Finance”
Subject
The Claflin Sisters: Women of many firsts
Description
Victoria Woodhull later resettled in New York and remarried to Civil War veteran Colonel James Blood, a St. Louis native who commanded the Sixth Missouri Volunteers during the Civil War...
Creator
Alexandra Arabak
Source
- Greenspan, Jesse. “9 Things You Should Know About Victoria Woodhull.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, August 22, 2018. https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-should-know-about-victoria-woodhull.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, ed. “Victoria Woodhull.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., September 19, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victoria-Woodhull.
- “The First Woman To Run For President: Victoria Woodhull (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the Interior, January 25, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-first-woman-to-run-for-president-victoria-woodhull.htm.
Publisher
Alexandra Arabak
Date
mid to late 1800s
Contributor
Alexandra Arabak
Rights
All Rights Reserved
Relation
http://victoria-woodhull.com/library.htm
Format
Website Article and Digital Images
Language
English
Type
Historical Biography
Identifier
Victoria Woodhull for President- Claflin Sisters
Coverage
Historical Biography
Collection Items
Female Brokers Securing a Customer
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From the New York Evening Telegraph, February 18th, 1870. Reprinted in One Moral Standard for All: Extracts from the lives of Victoria Clafin Woodhull and Tennessee Clafin. Museum of the City of New York. F2011.16.7.
From the New York Evening Telegraph, February 18th, 1870. Reprinted in One Moral Standard for All: Extracts from the lives of Victoria Clafin Woodhull and Tennessee Clafin. Museum of the City of New York. F2011.16.7.
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