Fuller,Margaret

Margaret Fuller

Bio

· Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, commonly known as Margaret Fuller

· was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement

· born May 23, 1810 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts

· She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism

· Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.

· She was given a substantial early education by her father, Timothy Fuller. She later had more formal schooling and became a teacher

· first American theorist of women's equality

· edited a magazine, called The Dial, the biggest achievement of Brook Farm

Issues

· Transcendentalism, women's rights, critical theory, gender roles, profession of authorship

· Transcendentalism emphasizes feeling over reason, seeks spiritual communion with nature, and denies the existence of evil.

Solutions

· Fuller contributed significantly to the American Renaissance in literature and to mid-nineteenth century reform movements.

· Women who attended her "conversations" and many prominent men of her time found Fuller's influence life-changing

· When Emerson took over as editor of the Dial, Fuller contributed her groundbreaking essay, "The Great Lawsuit: Man vs. Men and Woman vs. Women," for the July, 1843 issue.

Relationship to Others

· Friends- The Transcendentalism circle included Unitarians Lidian Emerson, Sarah Bradford Ripley, Abigail Allyn Francis, Lydia Maria Child, Elizabeth Hoar, Eliza Farrar, Mary Channing, Elizabeth, Mary and Sophia Peabody, Sophia Dana Ripley and Lydia (Mrs. Theodore) Parker.

· Women’s rights movement- Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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