Before Hillary Clinton was 'The Devil,' Victoria Woodhull was 'Mrs. Satan'

WNYC News | Aug 2, 2016

As she campaigns, Hillary Clinton is making history as the first woman nominated for the presidency by a major party. But 77 years before Clinton was born, an upstart named Victoria Woodhull wrote a letter to The New York Herald announcing her ground-breaking bid for the White House. This is the story of the first woman to run for president, in 1872, and how she compares to the latest. 

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