A Woman for President The Story of Victoria Woodhull

by Krull, Kathleen; Dyer, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780802789082
• ISBN10: 0802789080
• Edition: Original
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Walker Childrens

Summary

Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to do many things: the first woman to own a newspaper, to speak before Congress, and to have a seat on the stock exchange. But her boldest act was announcing herself as the first female candidate for the presidency of the United States in 1872-before women even had the right to vote. Arguably one of the most revolutionary women in American history, she was many years ahead of her time, braking boundaries. But her presidential campaign, and the backlash it sparked, left her in political ruin and bankruptcy. Amazingly, her name has been practically erased from history.& Acclaimed biographer Kathleen Krull and beloved illustrator Jane Dyer combine their talents to bring one of the most fascinating personalities in U.S. history back to life for young readers.

Author Biography

When Kathleen Krull was fifteen, she was fired from her part-time job at the public library for reading too much. She took that passion to her career in children’s books and has become a noted biographer for children. Her Wilma Unlimited was named an ALA Notable; her Lives of the Presidents was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Boston Globe/Horn Book honor book; and her nonfiction has won innumerable other awards.

A Woman for President is Kathleen’s first book with Walker & Company.
She lives with her husband, illustrator Paul Brewer, in San Diego, California.

 

Jane Dyer is the beloved illustrator of many bestselling picture-books, including Time for Bed by Mem Fox, Babies on the Go by Linda Ashman, and I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis, which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was a New York Times bestseller. She brings her talented hand to picture-book biography for the first time in A Woman for President. Jane lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.