Woodhull

[ wood-huhl ]

noun

1. Victoria Claf·lin [klaf, -lin], 1838–1927, U.S. social reformer, newspaper publisher, and women's-rights advocate.

Example Sentences

Remnants of his public works, like his crimson “Crack is Wack” handball court mural in East Harlem from 1986 and the 700-foot wraparound frieze in Woodhull Medical Center done the same year, remain highly visible.

From New York Times

NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull had switched to backup power after Friday's neighborhood outage, but repairs will require the power to be shut off entirely for several days, hospital officials said.

From Reuters

Anthony Comstock first swam into public attention with a campaign against the spiritualist and women’s rights activist Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennessee Claflin.

From Los Angeles Times

These included people reading presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull's popular newspaper, Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly, which Comstock continually tried to shut down.

From Scientific American

She followed that in 1976 with a biography of Victoria Woodhull, a leader of the women’s suffrage movement.

From New York Times