Women Leaders 12: Victoria Woodhull

Women Leaders 12: Victoria Woodhull

<p> Vocabulary Development Women leaders 12: Victoria Woodhull</p><p>Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions broker announced daring even so before candidate die down hot- tempered fame nominated indecent hard times setup respectable organization stirred up slender platform thoughtless reforms scandal visions Wall Street wonders Vocabulary Development </p><p>Victoria Woodhull: Sentences</p><p>1. They were cheering and shouting for the woman they had ______(v. selected) as their candidate for President of the United States.</p><p>2. They had nominated Victoria Woodhull as the ______(n. person that people will vote for) for President.</p><p>3. On the ______(n. raised floor or stage), a slim, beautiful woman waited for the noise to slowly stop before accepting the nomination.</p><p>4. On the raised floor or stage, a ______(adj. thin/slim), beautiful woman waited for the noise to slowly stop before accepting the nomination.</p><p>5. On the raised floor or stage, a slim, beautiful woman waited for the noise to ______(v. slowly stop/quiet down) before accepting the nomination.</p><p>6. Victoria Woodhull had announced that she was a candidate ______(adv. no matter what happened).</p><p>7. She liked to do unusual and ______(adj. difficult / dangerous) things.</p><p>8. Victoria saw ______(n. dream-like images of something happening) and heard voices.</p><p>9. Her visions promised her wealth and ______(n. a good reputation and being known about by many people).</p><p>10. She had a number of brothers and sisters who were ______(adj. quick to become angry) and did not think about others.</p><p>11. She had a number of brothers and sisters who were quick to become angry and ______(adj. did not think about others).</p><p>12. Commodore Vanderbilt helped them to ______(v. start by giving them money for their business) a broker's office on Wall Street. 13. Victoria and her sister set up a ______office (n. possessive: an office for buying and selling stocks) on the main banking and business street in New York City.</p><p>14. Victoria and her sister set up an office for buying and selling stocks on ______(n. the main banking and business street in New York City).</p><p>15. In the newspaper, they and their friends wrote about all the ______(n. improvements/changes) they thought were needed.</p><p>16. Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to speak ______(prep. in front of) a committee of Congress.</p><p>17. She, too, became a leader in the ______(n. group of people) working to win women the right to vote.</p><p>18. She ______(v. said to a large group of people) in her newspaper that she was a candidate.</p><p>19. All the ______(n. amazing things) were coming true.</p><p>20. In her newspaper, Victoria published the details of a ______shocking story about immoral behavior) about a minister.</p><p>21. ______(adj. socially acceptable; honorable) people everywhere turned against her.</p><p>22. They had been arrested for sending ______(adj. acceptable because it was about sex; offensive) material through the mail.</p><p>23. Victoria and her sister lost most of their friends and had ______(n. pi. difficult and unpleasant experiences).</p><p>24. They ______(v. caused/made people have strong feelings) excitement and anger in the United States.</p>

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