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Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president, the first woman to have a seat on the stock exchange, the first woman to own a newspaper, and the first woman to speak before Congress. She was born in poverty, she was the seventh of ten children. Because her family was so poor, she began working at age eight as a child preacher. When she got older, she knew she wanted a better life. She married, divorced, moved to New York City, and became a millionaire by offering Cornelius Vanderbilt financial advice from the spirit world.  Through all of that, she still wanted more. She wanted to address and challenge society’s strict limitations on women. She announced herself as the first female president candidate for the presidency of the United States. She founded her newspaper to publicize her 1872 campaign. Even though she did not win, she made history and times for women would never be the same.