Critic, journalist and the first editor of the Transcendentalist periodical The Dial (1840-1842), succeeded in that role by Emerson. Author of Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845), the first major work of American feminist thought. Died in a shipwreck off Fire Island, New York, in 1850.
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AwardNational Women's Hall of Fame, 1995. 1 Classification
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Fuller edited The Dial 1840-1842; Emerson succeeded her as editor 1842-1844.
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Source Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Margaret Fuller
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Sarah Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810, July 19, 1850), sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent and full-time book reviewer in journalism.
Award: National Women's Hall of Fame
Sarah Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810, July 19, 1850), sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent and full-time book reviewer in journalism.
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Wikipedia)
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century is a book by American journalist, editor, and women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller.
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