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Neal Katz, a retired entrepreneur CEO, passionately advocates women’s rights and herstory. Public speaker and raconteur, Neal engages diverse audiences discussing empowerment, feminism, finance, history, and philanthropy. Neal challenges people to be their best, using the banner motto from the first women-owned newspaper in America: UPWARD & ONWARD, from the Woodhull & Claflin’s Weekly.

While feminism is often a topic involved in discussions about his writing, Neal states, Before gender, race, religion, pigmentation, nationality or anything else, we are human beings and we should all treat one another the way we want to be treated. Women, in particular, have been mistreated long enough. Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflin are iconic figu ...more

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	Outrageous: The Victoria Woodhull Saga, Volume One: Rise to Riches 3.82 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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1ST WOMAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Originally posted on Sep 25, 2015 by Neal Katz

This week we celebrate and honor Victoria Woodhull, born September 23, 1838, who ran for President in 1872. This amazing woman along with her sister Tennessee Celeste Claflin operated the first woman owned brokerage firm on Wall Street, and published a woman owned weekly newspaper. Half a century before passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in Read more of this blog post »

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Published on November 17, 2015 06:06 • Tags: herstory, historical-fiction, victoria-woodhull, women

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