I chose Victoria Woodhull as my trailblazer. She made her fortune on the New York Stock Exchange and was one of the first women to open a brokerage firm on Wall Street. She was also the first woman to run for president of the United States. Although her presidential campaign was not recognized at the time, due to gender discrimination, she paved the way for other women in the United States, such as Hillary Clinton. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essayVictoria California Claflin was born on September 23, 1838. She was born in Ohio and had 9 siblings growing up. It is assumed that Victoria was a spiritual clairvoyant and her abilities provided income for her disadvantaged family. His father burned down the family mill; when he attempted to collect the insurance money, the fire was discovered to be arson. The family was forced to leave the city where they lived. To get away from her family, especially her father's ruthlessness, in 1853, Victoria married Canning Woodhull. Woodhull was a medicine salesman. Due to the non-existent requirements for doctors at that time, Mr. Woodhull claimed to be a doctor of medicine. Woodhull was an alcoholic and a womanizer who forced Victoria to work to support their two children. At the time this was unheard of, because according to the gender roles of the time, a woman's place was the home. New York would be the next home for the Woodhulls and their two children. The Claflin family already lived in the city. Victoria and her sister Tennessee, to whom she was closest, began practicing as mediums. In 1864, the Woodhulls and Tennessee moved to Cincinnati, and then to Chicago, moving quickly seemed to keep them from having to face altercations and legal proceedings, due to the nature of their work. Author Jesse Greenspan explains a setback for Tennessee during their travels. “Tennessee, for example, was indicted for manslaughter in Illinois after the death of one of its cancer patients.” (Greenspan) This was just one of the difficulties faced by the family. In addition to Victoria's troubled marriage, her son was mentally disabled. Ultimately, her husband only came home for money, and after more than a decade of marriage, Victoria and Canning divorced in 1864. Although Victoria had little to no education, she was able to move on with her life. The sisters returned to New York City in 1868, and Victoria and Tennessee began working as mediums for railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt. It was possible that Tennessee had received an offer from Vanderbilt. From this friendship the sisters received stock advice, which they benefited from in 1869 during the gold panic. Vanderbilt provided financial security for Victoria and Tennessee to open a highly successful financial firm called Woodhull, Claflin & Co. This made them the first female stockbrokers on Wall Street. This achievement paved the way for women of the future, such as Muriel Siebert who gained a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967. Victoria Woodhull appeared at a women's suffrage convention in 1869 and became a major advocate for the movement. After attending this event he created another beneficial friendship with a congressman from Massachusetts named Benjamin Butler. Butler then invited her to speak before the House Judiciary Committee. On January 11, 1871, Woodhull brought before the jury that women had already won women's suffrage under the 14th and 15th Amendments. Greenspan writes down the details of his testimony: “Women are citizens, he argued, and “so is the taxed citizen.