Victoria Woodhull: Daring the Impossible
My displaced Canadian tweep @jessiebellelane loves history so much she’s written about it. No joke, you’ll find it here (she wrote chapter 3). So, when looking for inspiration for a obscure historical wonder woman to write about this week, she was the first person I asked.
Her unequivocal answer: Victoria Woodhull.
I sheepishly admit I’d never heard of her. Afraid it was Canadian ignorance at play, I asked my American husband who she was.
He didn’t know either.
David: “Oh, but you know who they did teach us about? Betsy Ross.”
Me: “Who’s that?”
David: “She sewed the American flag.”
I sighed and passed him the drill he was looking for. We were assembling our IKEA wardrobes, that, after much finagling, had ALL arrived, with all the pieces – we think.
David: “Why the sigh?”
Me: “The most famous woman you can remember from school is a seamstress.”
David: (smiling) “What? You don’t consider sewing heroic?” Read more
Lana Meredith 