Part of our Truths in Our Time Series “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” -Mark Twain

Before women could vote, Victoria Woodhull ran for president. She also ran a Wall Street brokerage, launched a scandalous newspaper, and exposed one of the country’s most famous pastors in a sex scandal—earning both fame and prison time. In The Improbable Victoria Woodhull, bestselling author Eden Collinsworth tells the gripping true story of a poor girl from Ohio who claimed to talk to the dead, made a fortune, challenged every social norm, and faced down a court with her reputation on the line. It’s a wild, deeply human tale of ambition, sisterhood, reinvention, and the price of speaking too boldly—then and now.

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The Truths in Our Time Series explores the role of non-fiction in illuminating societal challenges, this series reflects Twain’s legacy of using literature to provoke critical discussions and foster social change.

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About the Author:

Eden Collinsworth is a former media executive and business consultant. She was president of Arbor House Publishing Co. and founder of the Los Angeles–based monthly lifestyle magazine Buzz, before becoming a vice president at Hearst Corporation. She served as the chief of staff at the EastWest Institute, a global think tank; in 2011—after writing a best-selling book in China for Chinese businesspeople on Western deportment—she launched Collinsworth & Associates, a Beijing-based consulting company, which specialized in intercultural communi-cation. The author of I Stand Corrected: How Teaching Western Manners in China Became Its Own Unforgettable Lesson, she currently lives in London.

About the Moderator:

Erin Bartram, PhD is the Associate Director for Education at The Mark Twain House & Museum. She earned a PhD in 2015 from the University of Connecticut, where she studied 19th century United States history with a focus on women, religion, and ideas.

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