Sarah Margaret Fuller was the leading American female philosopher of the nineteenth century, most known for her contributions to the philosophy of American transcendentalism alongside fellow philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Fuller is perhaps most esteemed for her 1845 book-length investigation of gender,
Woman in the Nineteenth Century, which explored the possibility for equality between the sexes, women’s education, and the participation of women in the Christian religion. She is also known for her tenure as editor for
The Dial, the United States’ first transcendentalist – and a highly experimental – literary journal. In the classroom, she is often paired with her transcendentalist peers and presented as the woman representative of the transcendental…
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Citation: Corning-Myers, Michaela. "Margaret Fuller". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 August 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1654, accessed 23 November 2024.]
