Unstoppable: The Victoria Woodhull Story

In 1872, in an America that denied women the right to vote, Victoria Woodhull dared to run for president.

From a difficult childhood to the center of New York’s political and financial elite, Woodhull battles scandal, ridicule, betrayal, and impossible odds as she fights to claim power in a world determined to silence women. Alongside her brilliant and fiercely loyal sister Tennessee, she challenges the political establishment, reveals the sexual exploitation of women and young girls by wealthy, powerful New Yorkers, and risks everything to demand equality.

Unstoppable: The Victoria Woodhull Story is a sweeping historical novel about ambition, resilience, and one woman’s determination to change America long before the nation was ready to listen.

Awarded an Honorable Mention by the Hollywood Book Awards.

Victoria Woodhull...

and the country that tried to crush her.

“...a genuine pleasure...”

“A compulsively readable portrait...”

“...rendered with novelistic detail...”

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“...deftly paced and meticulously researched...”

“...full of rich characterization and well-observed historical detail...”

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“With strokes of vivid emotion and lively dialogue...”

“Readers will cheer for Woodhull as she claws her way up...”

“Danaher gives heartfelt humanity to Woodhull...”

“...[a] rousing portrait of a forgotten, sometimes maligned figure.”

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“Humanizing, exciting historical novel...”

"Kate Danaher's novel Unstoppable is a revelation – and I say this having written a biography of Victoria Woodhull myself. In her fictional account of this extraordinary character, Danaher combines the work of a skilled researcher with the flair of a poet to resurrect Victoria as she was, not as she has been incorrectly depicted for a century. This Victoria, Danaher's Victoria, is the true Victoria, and she is an inspiration."
—Mary Gabriel,
Pulitzer Prize Finalist and
Author of Ninth Street Women
Kate Danaher is an exceptional researcher, writer and storyteller. Right from the opening scene, the reader is swept into the world of America's most famous woman of 1872. Danaher writes stirring dialogue, and her use of short, active scenes moves the book along beautifully. Historical fiction has a new starring voice, and it's that of Kate Danaher.
—Marion Roach Smith
The Memoir Project
"Danaher accomplishes what the finest historical novelists—from Hilary Mantel to Geraldine Brooks—understand instinctively: the past becomes meaningful not when it resembles the present but when it reminds us how different intelligent, courageous people once understood the world."
—Robert Rivenbark

Author of The Cloud
"...The book is a page-turner which I found difficult to put down, because it is full of surprising shifts as the narrative evolves. I do hope that it is nominated for a Pulitzer Prize although it is still hot off the press."
—Patrick J. Quinn,
Fulbright Lecturer, Author,
Dean of Architecture, RPI

The Author

This is Kate Danaher's first novel. She holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Delaware and is a former professor of English at Rosemont College, Pennsylvania. She is an Irish storyteller, fiddler, and a founder and emeritus board member of the Irish Heritage Theater in Philadelphia. She also performed with and served on the board of the Delaware Shakespeare Festival. Under the name Danaher and Cloud, she and her music partner, Amy Cloud Chambers, produced four Americana albums: Portraits, Late Bloomers, The Holiday Album, and the multi-award-winning album for kids, Just Kiddin'. All available on popular streaming services. An avid tennis player, she lives in Bonita Springs, Florida, with her husband, Bill Parks. They spend their summers in Troy, New York.