I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable, I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question. — Victoria Woodhull (image via Smithsonian) In the midst of the Civil War, Victoria and her sister Tennessee traveled the country in a medicine show caravan, telling fortunes and reading palms. Victoria got married at 15, but her husband didn't approve of her fortune-telling ways. She divorced him, and turned to one of her wealthiest clients -- the railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt -- for help. Vanderbilt was so impressed with Victoria's intelligence and charisma that he trained the Woodhull sisters in financing, setting them up as America's first female stockbrokers.
A Woman to Know: Victoria Woodhull
A Woman to Know: Victoria Woodhull
A Woman to Know: Victoria Woodhull
I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable, I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question. — Victoria Woodhull (image via Smithsonian) In the midst of the Civil War, Victoria and her sister Tennessee traveled the country in a medicine show caravan, telling fortunes and reading palms. Victoria got married at 15, but her husband didn't approve of her fortune-telling ways. She divorced him, and turned to one of her wealthiest clients -- the railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt -- for help. Vanderbilt was so impressed with Victoria's intelligence and charisma that he trained the Woodhull sisters in financing, setting them up as America's first female stockbrokers.