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1. On September 23, 1838, Victoria California Claflin was born into a family on hard times. Her sister, Tennessee, was seven years younger then her, though the two were close. Her childhood ended when she was 15 and was engaged to Canning Woodhull, a 28-year old doctor from Rochester, New York. She found he was a drunk and a womanizer, though she was bound to the union by the stigma associated with divorce and by their two children. This early, unhappy marriage might have led to one of her most famous doctrines, later picked up by "hippies" during the 1960s. What was it?
2. Though Victoria's first marriage to Canning Woodhull led her to one of her key beliefs, that was not her only marriage. How many times did Victoria wed?
3. A remarkable woman, Victoria was associated with people from several different radical beliefs, like Communism and anarchism. She herself was the first female in what profession?
4. 1870 was a busy year for Victoria. That was the year she opened her business on Wall Street. That was also the year she began publishing her newspaper, "Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly", again partnering with Tennessee. The newspaper stayed in publication for six years, and discussed many of the hot and even taboo topics of the day. However, it is primarily known for printing the first English translation of what famous political text?
5. There's no denying that Victoria often got a bad press, with her unconventional lifestyle and beliefs. Many, even some more open-minded people, despised her and went out of their way to slander her name. Often, she was accused of being everything from a prostitute to a witch (!), and having relations with married men. Though often Victoria ignored them, finally, when her family was evicted from their home because the landlord would not rent to the "Wicked Woodhull", she fought back. Her most vehement accusers were sisters Harriet Beecher Stowe and Catherine Beecher, and to show them how hypocritical they were being, she exposed their brother, Henry Ward Beecher. She accused him of adultery, and in 1875 he went to trial. Though the Beechers were not particularly friendly towards Victoria, there was a sister who was a supporter of her. Who was she?
6. Victoria began to involve herself actively in politics. In 1872 she became head of the newly formed Equal Rights Party, which included a wide range of very different people: laborers, suffragists, Communists, spiritualists - they were all in the often conflicting group. They were all, however, devoted to the cause of equal rights for everyone, regardless of gender, race, religion, or political leanings. They nominated Victoria for something big. What was it?
7. The Equal Rights Party nominated a black man for another public office. Who was he?
8. Victoria spent her last years abroad, exhausted from so much political activity and possibly just wanting to get away from her own infamous reputation. She moved to Europe, and stayed what country?
9. In many ways Victoria was a 19th century forerunner of later, more radical feminists, like those in the 1960s and 1970s. There was a key belief of the later generations, though, that Victoria was opposed to. What was it?
10. How old was Victoria when her tumultuous life ended?
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