Victoria Woodhull's Social Rise and 1880 Candidacy
Victoria C. Woodhull, it appears, is again coming to the front. Her name has scarcely been heard in this country for several years, as she has been residing in England. Withdrawing from the public gaze her ultra spiritual free-loveism, and trimming her sails to favor the sentiments of the more conservative elements of Christendom, it is now reported that she has, in England, “reached the top-most rung of the social ladder;” that “she is now courted by the first nobles and the best families of England,” and that her mansion “in the aristocratic portion of Kensington is the daily resort of a most select and fashionable circle.” And now The American Traveler, published in London, comes to our table containing a large lithographic likeness of Mrs. Woodhull (she calls herself now Mrs. Woodhull) with the announcement that her name is to be put forth as a candidate for president of the United States in the canvass of 1880. She seems to have succeeded in raising the English to a degree of infatuation in her behalf almost equal to that of Theodore Tilton, in this country some years ago.