<p>She was the first woman to run for president. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and to operate a brokerage firm on Wall Street. She&rsquo;s the woman Gloria Steinem called &ldquo;the most controversial suffragist of them all.&rdquo; So why have most people never heard of Victoria Woodhull? In this extensively researched biography journalist Mary Gabriel offers readers a balanced portrait of a unique and complicated woman who was years ahead of her time&mdash;and perhaps ahead of our own.</p>