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Woman in the Nineteenth Century

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A book by the American journalist, editor and women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller, first published as an essay titled The Great Lawsuit in the Transcendentalist magazine The Dial in July 1843, then substantially expanded and republished in book form under its current title in 1845. It argues for women's intellectual and economic self-reliance and is regarded as one of the founding texts of American feminist thought. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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English 1
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1843 to 1845 1
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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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    Woman in the Nineteenth Century is a book by American journalist, editor, and women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller. Originally published in July 1843 in The Dial magazine as "The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men. Woman versus Women", it was later expanded and republished in book form in 1845.
  • Authored By: Margaret Fuller, Lead section, authorship
    Woman in the Nineteenth Century is a book by American journalist, editor, and women's rights advocate Margaret Fuller.
  • In Genre: Nonfiction Prose, Lead section, essay origin
    first published as an essay titled The Great Lawsuit in the Transcendentalist magazine The Dial in July 1843, then substantially expanded and republished in book form under its current title in 1845
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