Article content

No one could deny that Victoria Woodhull was a trailblazer.

A spiritualist, stockbroker and journalist by profession, Woodhull ran to be president of the United States 48 years before her countrywomen even had the right to vote, espousing what she called “free love” — the right of women to divorce and marry as readily as men could.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Why Americans collectively shrugged when Hillary Clinton made history this week Back to video

The Equal Rights Party candidate did not fare well at the polls, failing to win a single electoral-college vote.

Hillary Clinton has just achieved what Woodhull could only have fantasized about in 1872, becoming the first woman ever to clinch the presidential nomination of one of the States’ two major parties. It only took another 144 years.

But that historic moment — arguably as meaningful as the first black person climbing to the same heights in 2008 — came and went this past week with barely an upturned eyebrow.