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== Legacy and honors == [[File:Victoria-Woodhull-by-CD-Fredericks,-c1870.jpg|thumb|right|Cabinet card portrait photograph, circa 1870]] Woodhull was photographed several times by [[Mathew Brady]], well known for his photographs of the [[American Civil War]]. There is a wall memorial to Victoria Woodhull Martin at [[Tewkesbury Abbey]] in England.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/32157648@N08/5019811422/ Photo taken by RobertFrost1960 on September 21, 2010], accessed June 9, 2011.</ref> A historical marker outside the Homer Public Library in Licking County, Ohio describes Woodhull as the "First Woman Candidate For President of the United States."<ref>{{cite web |last=Hart |first=Ted |url=http://nbc4i.com/2016/07/29/licking-co-abolitionist-ran-for-president-in-1872-making-her-the-first-woman-ever-to-do-so/ |title=Licking Co. native ran for president in 1872, the first woman ever to do so |publisher=NBC4i.com |date=July 29, 2016 |access-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-date=August 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803205647/http://nbc4i.com/2016/07/29/licking-co-abolitionist-ran-for-president-in-1872-making-her-the-first-woman-ever-to-do-so/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> There is a memorial clock tower in her honor at the Robbins Hunter Museum, Granville, Ohio. A likeness of Victoria made of [[Tilia|linden]] wood appears on the hours.<ref name="Robbins Hunter Museum 2017">{{cite web |title=Victoria Claflin Woodhull: Phoenix Rising |website=Robbins Hunter Museum |date=December 19, 2017 |url=http://www.robbinshunter.org/news/2017/12/14/victoria-claflin-woodhull-phoenix-rising |access-date=August 25, 2019}}</ref> The 1980 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Onward Victoria]]'' was inspired by Woodhull's life.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RBnpnURcDbMC&q=%22onward+victoria%22+musical&pg=PA128|title=The Performing Arts: A Guide to the Reference Literature|publisher=Libraries Unlimited|isbn=978-0-87287-982-9|year=1994}}</ref> The [[Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership]] was founded by [[Naomi Wolf]] and [[Margot Magowan]] in 1997.<ref>[http://woodhull.tv/about/ Woodhull Institute] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317012918/http://woodhull.tv/about/ |date=March 17, 2013 }}; Retrieved April 3, 2013</ref> In 2001, Victoria Woodhull was posthumously inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greatwomen.org/women-of-the-hall/view-all-women?resetfilters=0&limitstart4=240 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021093027/http://www.greatwomen.org/women-of-the-hall/view-all-women?resetfilters=0&limitstart4=240 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2011 |title=National Women's Hall of Fame |publisher=Greatwomen.org |access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> The [[Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance]] is an American [[human rights]] and sexual freedom advocacy organization, it was founded in 2003, and it is named in honor of Victoria Woodhull. She was honored by the Office of the [[Manhattan Borough President]] in March 2008 and she was also included on a map of [[Women's Rights Historic Sites|historical sites which are related or dedicated to important women]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbpo.org/free_details.asp?ID=234|title=Women's Rights, Historic Sites Location List|publisher=Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718113101/http://www.mbpo.org/free_details.asp?ID=234|archive-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref> {{External media | width = 210px | float = right | topic= '''Mrs. President''' | audio1 = [http://www.wnyc.org/story/victoria-woodulls-historic-run-presidency Get to Know The First Woman Who Ever Ran for President], 7:57, [[The Takeaway]], [[WNYC]]<ref name="wnyc">{{cite web | title =Get to Know The First Woman Who Ever Ran for President | work = [[The Takeaway]] | publisher =[[WNYC]] | date = October 28, 2016 | url =http://www.wnyc.org/story/victoria-woodulls-historic-run-presidency | access-date =October 31, 2016 }}</ref> }} On September 26, 2008, she was posthumously awarded the "Ronald H. Brown Trailblazer Award" from the [[St. John's University School of Law]] in Queens, New York. Mary L. Shearer, owner of the registered trademark Victoria Woodhull and a great-granddaughter of Col. James H. Blood's step-son, accepted the award on Victoria Woodhull's behalf. Trailblazer Awards are presented "to individuals whose work and activities in the business and community demonstrate a commitment to uplifting under-represented groups and individuals."<ref>{{cite journal | last= Baynes | first= Leonard M. | url=http://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1645&context=jcred | title=The Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Ronald H. Brown's Graduation from St. John's School of Law | journal=Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development |volume=25 | issue=1 | date=Fall 2010| page=14 }}</ref> [[Victoria Bond]] composed the opera ''[[Mrs. President (opera)|Mrs. President]]'' about Woodhull.<ref name="adn.com">{{cite news|last=Dunham |first=Mike |url=http://www.adn.com/arts/article/review-opera-about-first-woman-run-president-debuts-anchorage/2012/10/06/|title=Review: Opera about first woman to run for president debuts in Anchorage | Arts and Culture |newspaper=[[Alaska Dispatch News]]|location=Anchorage|access-date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> It premiered in 2012 in [[Anchorage, Alaska]].<ref name="adn.com" /> In March 2017, [[Amazon Studios]] announced production of a movie based on her life, produced by and starring [[Brie Larson]] as Victoria Woodhull.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/brie-larson-victoria-woodhull-first-female-presidential-candidate-movie-amazon-1202014097/|title=Brie Larson to Play First Female U.S. Presidential Candidate Victoria Woodhull in Amazon Film|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=March 22, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=March 28, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
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