Other Powers

BarbaraGoldsmith'sportraitofsuffragetteVictoriaWoodhullandhertimeswashailedbyGeorgePlimptonas"abeautifullywrittenbiographyofaremarkablewoman"andbyGloriaSteinemas"morememorablethanadozenhistories."Ahighlyreadablecombinationofhistoryandbiography,"OtherPowers"interviewsthestoriesofsomeofthemostcolorfulsocial,political,andreligiousfiguresofAmerica'sVictorianerawiththecourageousandnotoriouslifeofVictoriaWoodhull--psychic,suffragette,publisher,presidentialcandidate,andself-confessedpractitioneroffreelove.Itissetamidthebattleforwomen'ssuffrage,theSpiritualistmovementthatsweptacrossthenationintheageofRadicalReconstructionfollowingtheCivilWar,andthebitterfightthatpittedblackmenagainstwhitewomeninthestrugglefortherighttovote.PeterGayfound"OtherPowers""Irresistible...thisisabiographyguaranteedtokeepthereaderreading."AndGloriaSteinemcalledit"Areal-lifenovelofhowonecharismaticwoman...turnedwomen'ssuffrage,thechurch,NewYorkCity,andmuchofthecountryonitsear."