Constitutional Equality a Right of Woman; or, a Consideration of the Various Relations which She Sustains as a Necessary Part of the Body of Society and Humanity; with Her Duties to Herself – together with a Review of the Constitution of the United States, Showing that the Right to Vote is Guaranteed to All Citizens. Also a Review of the Rights of Children.

New York: Woodhull, Claflin & Co., 1871 First edition of an important document in American feminism. This item is becoming increasingly scarce on the market. . Publisher's green pebbled cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. . Octavo. Engraved photo frontispiece with a tissue guard. Extremities rubbed with light tearing to cloth. Front hinge just starting to crack, but still sound. Light offsetting from frontispeice. Occasional dark stains but generally clean throughout. A very good, bright copy. Tennessee Celeste Claflin (1844-1923), or "Lady Cook," was an American Suffragette and important figure in first-wave feminism. She ran for New York's Eight Congressional District in 1871. Her sister, Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) was the first woman to run for president in the US, in 1872. In 1870, Claflin and Woodhull became some of the first women to open a Wall Street brokerage firm. The brokerage focused on the interests of women, before closing the same year. Though it was short lived, the opening of this brokerage remains an important moment in women's history. Claflin and Woodhull continued to advocate for the causes of first-wave feminism: women's suffrage, labor reforms, and free love. The sisters were also among the first women to open a newspaper, Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly, in which they covered economic issues and corporate corruption. (Inventory #: 17828)