The Ecstasy of Victoria Woodhull

theSpace on North Bridge, tomorrow until Aug 27 (except 21)

She was the first woman to run for President of the United States in 1872 – before women even had the vote.

This absorbing play is inspired by Victoria Woodhull’s remarkable life, which tells of her rags-to-riches rise from an impoverished and exploited childhood to the leader of the American Suffrage movement who ran her own prosperous Wall Street firm and a liberal newspaper.