01:790:376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Christian Mortalism, Victoria Woodhull, The Communist Manifesto
26 Apr 2018
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Victoria woodhull (1838-1927): first married at age 15; eventually divorced him (alcoholic and adulterer, first female stockbroker on nyse, first woman to found a newspaper (first english version of marx"s communist. Manifesto, 1871: active in suffrage movement, 1872 candidate for president (equal rights party), frederick douglass nominated as. Vice-presidential candidate: met third husband during lecture tour in england 1877, spent rest of life there, notions of marriage at time: lifelong relationship, fewer options for divorce, divorce considered socially scandalous and often shameful. But men do not seem to comprehend that they are now pursuing toward women the same despotic course that king george pursued toward the american colonies. (5: reminiscent of seneca falls declaration (1848) Now what we, who demand social freedom, ask, is simply that the government of this country shall be administered in accordance with the spirit of this proposition: nothing more, nothing less. (6) In this understanding governments do not grant rights, they protect them (11)
