Most supporters of women’s rights were introduced to reform efforts through the abolition movement of the 1830s many of them as members of the american anti slavery society led by william lloyd garrison.Abolitionist societies provided women with opportunities to speak, write and organize on behalf of slaves and in some …show more content…
women’s suffrage movement. In 1870 with backing from railroad tycoon cornelius vanderbilt the sisters opened a stock brokerage firm. They used their wall street profits to bankroll a controversial newspaper which supported such causes as legalized prostitution and free love.Victoria won increased respect from women's rights activists when she argued on behalf of female suffrage in front of the house judiciary committee in early 1871 and the following year the equal rights party nominated her for president of the United States. By the time of the general election in 1872 woodhull s enemies had gotten the better of her temporarily and she spent election day in jail after publishing an article that accused the popular preacher henry ward beecher of adultery.She was eventually acquitted of all charges moved to England and married a wealthy