- 1. A Girls' Guide To Drag Racing (And Not The RuPaul Kind)
- (Living)
- The ink was still drying on my divorce papers when I traded in the family SUV for a 2016 Shadow Black EcoBoost Mustang. And what’s the first thing a new muscle-car owner wants to do when she finally ...
- Created on 06 March 2019
- 2. Gloria Steinem And Kathleen Hanna On Feminism, Riot Grrrl, And The Sexual Revolution: From The BUST Archives
- (Feminism)
- ... were these puritanical, sexless bluestocking folks. And that wasn’t right either—look at Emma Goldman, look at Victoria Woodhull and the Free Love Party. I think that what happens, in a deep sense, is ...
- Created on 15 August 2018
- 3. Isobel Gowdie Was Tried As A Witch In 1662—And Her Testimony Is Fascinatingly Proto-Feminist
- (Feminism)
- ... punitive, puritanical and inflexible. "Harper's Weekly" caricature of American suffragist Victoria Woodhull by Thomas Nast, 1872, via Wikimedia Commons In these ways, Gowdie’s narrative seems to pre-empt ...
- Created on 08 June 2018
- 4. Brie Larson Will Play The First Woman To Run For President In New Biopic
- (Movies)
- ... troubled teens in Short Term 12, to a woman escaping 12 years of captivity in Room, to a superhero in the upcoming Captain Marvel. Now, she's adding a new character to that list: Victoria Woodhull, the ...
- Created on 23 March 2017
- 5. Suffragette City: Meet the Young Women Behind the Suffrage Movement in the U.S.
- (Feminism)
- A bike messenger for the National Woman’s Party, which was staffed entirely by women For half a century, women had been politely agitating for suffrage. Then some fearless young radicals came along who ...
- Created on 17 August 2016
- 6. In 1974, Cosmo Asked, 'Could You Be President?
- (Entertainment)
- ... voters then had been scoffing at women candidates for about a century, ever since Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872. Given that Woodhull was under the legal age of 35, however, some historians ...
- Created on 11 August 2016
- 7. 'Dream, Girl' Documentary Shines The Spotlight On Female Entrepreneur
- (Movies)
- Just a few years ago, Erin Bagwell was working as an interactive designer for corporate America. She found herself facing the daily struggles of women in the workplace everywhere. She felt underappreciated, ...
- Created on 09 May 2016
- 8. Voters Honor Susan B. Anthony's Grave With "I Voted" Sticke
- (Feminism)
- ... More from BUST The Women Who History Forget: Victoria Claffin Woodhull First The Bicycle, Next The Vote: The Story Of Bicycles And Feminism Amber Rose On Breakups, Besties And Becoming A Feminist: ...
- Created on 21 April 2016
- 9. The First Human Breast Milk Bank Is Here
- (Feminism)
- Illustration by Lisk Feng For decades, doctors have been advising new parents that “breast is best” when it comes to feeding newborns. But for a variety of reasons, not everyone is able to supply their ...
- Created on 19 April 2016
- 10. Lauren Bacall, Spitfire And Style Icon
- (Style)
- When it comes to strong, confident, assertive women with naturally striking beauty, not many can fairly rival that of the great, late Lauren Bacall. Lauren was an original Hollywood starlet in every ...
- Created on 31 March 2016
- 11. Everything You Need To Know About The Mother of Electronic Music
- (Music)
- ... a theremist yourself! More from BUST The Woman History Forgot: Victoria Clafin Woodhull 9 Women You Didn't Learn About In History Class But Should Have The Shifters Were The 1920s Girl Gang ...
- Created on 09 March 2016
- 12. The Woman History Forgot: Victoria Clafin Woodhull
- (Feminism)
- Born to an illiterate mother and an amateur conman father, Victoria Clafin Woodhull, grew up to be a total feminist hero that you’ve probably never heard of. As a child, Victoria performed with her ...
- Created on 07 March 2016
- 13. In Honor of May Day, Some Amazing Lady Labor Activists
- (Feminism)
- ... prisoners. (Image via Wikimedia Commons) Victoria Woodhull Victoria Woodhull’s got quite the list of accomplishments. She, along with her sister, was the first woman to start and operate a brokerage ...
- Created on 01 May 2012
- 14. Happy Birthday, Victoria Woodhull!
- (General)
- Remember Victoria Woodhull from your U.S. History classes? I vaguely recall my textbook briefly mentioning her in some catch-all section about other female rabble rousers of the 19th century. Well, in ...
- Created on 23 September 2009
