American Revolutionist Nov 3, 2009
There is at least as much Paine in them as in Robert Owen or Victoria Woodhull. But this book is not the place to look for the history of the Painite Right. (The American Conservative)
Intriguing Ideas Falter In Rough Execution Aug 19, 2009
The first -- Jonathan L. Davidson's play about the 1872 presidential campaign of Victoria Woodhull and Frederick Douglass -- starts as a Suzan-Lori Parks-style, time-tripping fantasia, depicting an "Oprah"-style talk show led by a black host (Devin Haqq). But the action soon shifts to the 19th century, and the play becomes a standard historical drama featuring such figures as Susan B. Anthony (Liza Vann) and Ulysses S. Grant (Edward Hyland). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Forum: A history lesson on the place of women in Western society Mar 13, 2009
By the way, the answers to the quiz questions are: Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927); Rita Dove (born 1952); Nellie Bly (1867-1922), real name Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman; Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1920); Sacajawea (c. 1786-1812); and Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784). (Athens Banner-Herald)
