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Elizabeth Garry discusses her show, "Victoria"

BROADCAST: Nov. 12, 1979 | DURATION: 00:37:46

Synopsis

Elizabeth Garry, talks about her one woman show "Victoria." The show tells the story of Victoria C. Woodhull the first women to run for President in 1872. Garry discusses Woodhull's life including her supposed clairvoyant talents, suffragist works, and her work as a broker and publisher. Woodhull's arrest for obscene literature with her newspaper, "Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly," is also discusses and Garry performs the part of her show that describes that event. Garry also breifly explains her research and writing process for the show.

Details

Broadcast Date
Nov. 12, 1979

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 48.06 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
37 minutes, 46 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Theater Feminism, Women, Women's Studies

People

Actors

Tags

Garry, Elizabeth Motion picture actors and actresses Audiotapes. Radio programs. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Garry, Elizabeth. Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877 Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 Free love movement Gender equality Women's suffrage movement Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 "Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly" The Beecher–Tilton Affair Claflin, Tennessee C. (Tennessee Celeste), 1845-1923 Tilden, Theodore Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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