Autumn 2020 Catalogue

20 American Heroes & Leaders Autumn 2020 “The First Woman In American History To Seek The Presidency” 17. WOODHULL, Victoria. The Origins, Tendencies and Principles of Government. New York, 1871. Octavo, original burgundy cloth. $3800. Click for more info First edition of a pivotal collection of over ten key works in the history of woman’s suffrage, most in book form for the first time, with Woodhull’s bold 1870 declaration of her candidacy for the presidency and the Memorial she delivered before Congress, as well as the Address she delivered to a congressional committee and to the National Woman Suffrage Association. In 1870, when Woodhull’s First Pronunciamento appeared in the New York Herald , it astonished the nation. There, 50 years before women gained the vote, Woodhull declared: “I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency.” With that, she became “the first woman in American history to seek the Presidency.” As part of her campaign, she planned “a series of essays about politics and government that would later be published as a book, Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government ” (Meade, Free Woman ). Interior fresh with light foxing mainly to early leaves, mild rubbing, two small expert repairs to spine of bright gilt cloth. A handsome near-fine copy.