Autor: Arthur B. Fuller

Margaret Fuller – that incandescent mind of the nineteenth century – was an American journalist, critic, women»s rights activist, and one of the leading figures of the transcendentalist movement. Born Sarah Margaret Fuller on May 23, 1810, she was a precocious child, receiving an extensive education from her father, Timothy Fuller. She later honed her intellect at Bronson Alcott»s Temple School and the Greene Street School in Providence, raising her profile as a formidable intellectual in an era sceptical of women»s capabilities. Fuller was the first woman allowed to use the Harvard College library, and she became proficient in several languages and translated many important works. Her seminal book, «Woman in the Nineteenth Century» (1845), is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Fuller»s influence extended into her journalism career, where she became the first female editor of the transcendentalist journal, The Dial. Her dispatches for the New-York Tribune as its first female correspondent in Europe were collected posthumously as «At Home And Abroad; Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe» (1856), showcasing her keen insights on social conditions, culture, and politics. Tragically, her life was cut short at 40 when she died in a shipwreck in 1850, but her contributions have firmly engraved her name in the pantheon of American letters.