{"product_id":"naked-truth-or-equality-the-forbidden-fruit-9780578229102","title":"Naked Truth: or Equality, the Forbidden Fruit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"SOMETIMES, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE THE NEWS, SOMETMES, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE NEWS AS WELL\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - James Gordon Bennett, Jr.proprietor, \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1868 and spiritualist \u003cstrong\u003eTENNESSEE CLAFLIN\u003c\/strong\u003e is smart, sexy and sometimes clairvoyant. But it is her sister, \u003cstrong\u003eVICTORIA WOODHULL\u003c\/strong\u003e who is going to make history when she becomes the first woman to run for President of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt starts with the seduction of the richest man in America. Next, they'll take New York City and the suffragist movement by storm, because together, Tennessee and Victoria are a force of Nature. Boldly ambitious, they stop at nothing, while they brush shoulders with Harriet Beecher Stowe and Susan B. Anthony, using enough chutzpah to make a lady blush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is, until their backstabbing family takes them to court. When their carefully spun lives unravel, out in public and in the Press, Tennessee and Victoria become the media's object of ridicule and they are pilliored with contempt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"Unsexed \"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, 1872\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Short haired women and long haired men,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNew York World\u003c\/em\u003e, 1872\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nothing more than a shameless prostitute and a Negro.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Guard\u003c\/em\u003e, Eugene, Oregon, 1872\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from shifting points of view and using actual news reportage from the era, \u003cem\u003eNaked Truth\u003c\/em\u003e gives a riveting inside look into the struggle for women's rights after the Civil War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Perfect for book clubs and fans of historical fiction.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The book is based on a true story, and Hayes writes with such care and authenticity, that the reader will likely be unsure where the history ends and the fiction begins.\"-KIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carrie M Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578229102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d","brand":"Carrie Hayes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638861590684,"sku":"9780578229102","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d8a699b0-ec75-4823-b516-7f3c5d7acca2.jpg?v=1603848379","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/naked-truth-or-equality-the-forbidden-fruit-9780578229102","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}