Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850)

Margaret Fuller was an American feminist, writer, and intellectual associated with the Transcendentalist movement. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845) is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Her life was short but full. She became the first editor of the transcendentalist journal The Dial in 1840, before joining the staff of the New York Tribune under Horace Greeley in 1844. By the time she was in her 30s, Fuller had earned a reputation as the best-read person in New England, male or female, and became the first woman allowed to use the library at Harvard College. Her seminal work, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, was published in 1845. A year later, she was sent to Europe for the Tribune as its first female correspondent. She soon became involved with the revolutions in Italy and allied herself with Giuseppe Mazzini. She had a relationship with Giovanni Ossoli, with whom she had a child. All three members of the family died in a shipwreck off Fire Island, New York, as they were traveling to the United States in 1850. Fuller's body was never recovered. This project collects her most famous work along with shorter pieces and extracts from her journals and letters. (Summary by Wikipedia and Elizabeth Klett)

Genre(s): Literary Collections, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface by A.B. Fuller Bruce Pirie
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Play 02 Introduction by Horace Greeley Bruce Pirie
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Play 03 Woman in the 19th century, Part 1 Elizabeth Klett
00:28:10
Play 04 Woman in the 19th century, Part 2 Elizabeth Klett
00:21:00
Play 05 Woman in the 19th century, Part 3 Elizabeth Klett
00:30:33
Play 06 Woman in the 19th century, Part 4 Elizabeth Klett
00:28:00
Play 07 Woman in the 19th century, Part 5 Elizabeth Klett
00:33:09
Play 08 Woman in the 19th century, Part 6 Elizabeth Klett
00:27:11
Play 09 Woman in the 19th century, Part 7 Elizabeth Klett
00:25:48
Play 10 Woman in the 19th century, Part 8 Elizabeth Klett
00:33:27
Play 11 Woman in the 19th century, Part 9 Elizabeth Klett
00:26:36
Play 12 Woman in the 19th century, Part 10 Elizabeth Klett
00:17:48
Play 13 Aglauron and Laurie Group 00:58:46
Play 14 The Wrongs of American Women Elizabeth Klett
00:16:24
Play 15 George Sand April Gonzales
00:04:34
Play 16 From a Notice of George Sand Elizabeth Klett
00:10:25
Play 17 Consuelo by George Sand Elizabeth Klett
00:06:01
Play 18 Jenny Lind Elizabeth Klett
00:15:31
Play 19 Caroline Pamela Krantz
00:10:12
Play 20 Ever-Growing Lives Elizabeth Klett
00:07:08
Play 21 Household Nobleness Lucretia B.
00:09:42
Play 22 "Glumdalclitches" Pamela Krantz
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Play 23 Ellen Pamela Krantz
00:12:37
Play 24 Courrier des Etats Unis Elizabeth Klett
00:14:46
Play 25 On Books of Travel/Review of Memoirs and Essays by Mrs. Jameson Pamela Krantz
00:14:26
Play 26 Woman's Influence Over the Insane/From a Review of Browning's Poems Pamela Krantz
00:04:43
Play 27 Christmas Pamela Krantz
00:17:32
Play 28 Children's books Rhonda Federman
00:07:15
Play 29 Woman in Poverty Patti Cunningham
00:08:47
Play 30 The Irish Character ASPotter
00:15:34
Play 31 Educate Men and Women as Souls Pamela Krantz
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Play 32 Journals and Letters, Part 1 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 33 Journals and Letters, Part 2 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 34 Journals and Letters, Part 3 Elizabeth Klett
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Play 35 Letter from Hon. Lewis Cass Jr. nkneer
00:07:21