Did Victoria Woodhull have the legal right to vote when she ran for President?
Victoria was a resident of New York in 1872. At that time, New York did not allow women to vote in national elections, so Victoria was legally prohibited from casting a vote for herself. Even if she were legally able to vote, she was in jail on election day, so she could not make it to the polls. In 1871, one year prior to Susan B. Anthony’s famous attempt to vote, Victoria attempted to vote in New York, citing what she believed to be her constitutional right under the 14th and 15th amendments as a citizen of the United States.
