Victoria Woodhull

“Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.”

“I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.”

“I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.”