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She soon learned that her new husband was an alcoholic and a womanizer.

She often had to work outside the home to support the family.

She and Canning had two children, Byron and Zulu ( later Zula ) Maude.

According to one account, Byron was born with an intellectual disability in 1854, a condition Victoria believed was caused by her husband's alcoholism.

Another version said his disability resulted from a fall from a window.

Woodhull divorced her husband after bearing him two children, and kept his surname.