Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin, (Sept 23,1838–June 9,1927)was an American leader of the woman's suffrage movement. Woodhull was an advocate of free love, by which she meant the freedom to marry, divorce, and bear children without government interference. She was the first woman to start a weekly newspaper; an activist for women's rights and labor reforms. She was the first woman candidate for President of the United States, the newly formed Equal Rights Party on May 10,1872.