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Posted: 2017-03-23T12:07:21Z | Updated: 2017-03-24T00:05:01Z

Brie Larson is making history.

The Oscar -winning actress will reportedly play Victoria Woodhull , the United States first female presidential candidate, in a biopic of the same name.

Amazon Studios acquired the film project on which Larson will also serve as a producer , Deadline reported Wednesday.

Woodhull ran for presidency on the Equal Rights Party ticket in 1872, decades before women could even vote, according to Biography.com. A suffragist who fought for womens rights on many fronts, Woodhull also published a journal with her sister to promote social reform and founded the first woman-run stock brokerage.