Welcome to the history tricks where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

Hello and welcome to the show. A quick note, Susan and I are literally right now, as you hear this in the city of light.

Yes, we are in Paris doing assorted amounts of eating of cheese and meeting of new friends, but we thought since it is approaching election season we

like to give you a little bit of a throwback to the journey women have made on the road to the presidency.

So we thought we'd take a re-listen to our coverage of Victoria Woodhall.

Victoria Woodhall was the very first woman to throw her hat in the ring for the presidency,

although women didn't have the vote yet.

It's an amazing story and we know that you will love it. We will see you again in two weeks.

And now on with the show.

And here's your 30 second summary.

Victoria Woodhole went from rags to riches to rags to rags to rages to rages to rages to ritches to ritches to rages

hooray and smashed glass ceilings as she went from Wall Street to the

publishing world to the very steps of the White House. She was the first woman to

run for the American presidency in 1872.

Let's talk about Victoria Woodhole.

But first let's drop her into history.

In 1872 it was a big year for patents on products that we still use today, including fire extinguishers,

gasoline powered engines, dried milk, the donut cutter, and the calculator.

The first black U.S. governor took office for a whopping 36 days, but in Louisiana,

trade unions were legalized in Canada.

Susan B. Anthony voted for Ulysses S. Grant in a presidential election and then was famously

arrested for that vote. Ulysses S. Grant was elected president even without it.

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