Fight Over Woodhull Bonds

This image of the chaos surrounding Victoria Woodhull's nominating convention that appeared in the paper "Wild Oats" shows the popular male conception of the day in terms of how women would act if they were to attain power. Note the woman smoking. Victoria Woodhull offered bonds for sale, payable upon her winning the White House. Here the crowd is depicted as rushing to buy them. Despite their seeming popularity, none of these bonds has apparently survived.