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VICTORIA WOODHULL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Hand Stenciled Shirt - S

VICTORIA WOODHULL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Hand Stenciled Shirt - S

Description

Victoria now can come with the text "Presidential Candidate 1872". The first woman to run for president!

::WHO'S THAT LADY?::

Victoria Claflin Woodhull (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927) was an American suffragist who was described by Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman's suffrage movement in the 19th century. She became a colorful and notorious symbol for women's rights, free love, and labor reforms. SHE IS PROBABLY MOST FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENCY IN 1872. She received very little education but supported herself in the traveling show telling fortunes, doing faith healings and selling patent medicines with her sister, Tennessee Claflin. They moved to New York City. After they told the fortune of Cornelius Vanderbilt, he helped Victoria and Tennessee become the first women to establish a brokerage firm on Wall Street. On May 14, 1870, she and Tennessee used the money they had made in their brokerage days to found a paper, Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly, which stayed in publication for the next six years. They were the first women to start their own newspaper. It became notorious for publishing controversial opinions on taboo topics, advocating among other things sex education, free love, women's suffrage, short skirts, spiritualism, vegetarianism, and licensed prostitution. The paper is now known primarily for printing the first English version of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto in its December 30, 1871 edition. She was also the first woman to speak before congress. She was nominated for president in 1872 by the Equal Rights Party, an offshoot of Susan B. Anthony's National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her running mate was Fredrick Douglas. This may have been the highest point of her career. She was too outspoken for even Susan B. Anthony, who refused to have any more to do with her.”

::DETAILS::

This is not silk screened. I hand cut this stencil with an xacto knife.

This is apart of a feminism series of stencils I'm doing on influential women. I want to make this clothing to empower women. So, Represent! With these powerful ladies!

The shirt is RECYCLED. Brand new condition. Overstock purchased at a thrift store. 100% Cotton. mid length sleeves. Scooped neck.

COLOR: Off white.

SIZE: Mossimo size SMALL.

Approximate Measurements: 33" bust - 30/31" waist - 27" length.

Victoria & text are printed in Black.

::CARE INSTRUCTIONS::

Washable. COLD WASH GENTLE CYCLE. HANG DRY OR LOW HEAT. The gentler you are with it the longer it will last. If you need to iron it, turn it inside out and place a cloth on the shirt. Do NOT iron directly on the image!

Added on Sep 23, 2009