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Margaret Full er. “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it”. Early Life. Margaret was born on May 23, 1810 in Cambridgeport , Massachusetts Home schooled by her father By 10 years old she was reading Classics in Latin
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Margaret Fuller “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it”
Early Life • Margaret was born on May 23, 1810 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts • Home schooled by her father • By 10 years old she was reading Classics in Latin • Finished her schooling years at a school in Connecticut. • Learned several languages • She was raised as a very intelligent person
In her mid-twenties, Margaret was hired as a teacher at a school run by Bronson Alcott. • After about a year as a teacher she became a principal in a Rhode Island school for two years. • Started editing and writing articles for the “The Dial” which was a local publication. • Her essay, “The Great Lawsuit: Man Versus Men, Woman Versus Women”, which called for women’s rights, was published by “The Dial” • She was thought very highly of by her peers
Margaret’s Publications • Her Publications all argued women’s rights • 1844- her first book “Summer on the Lakes” was published • “Woman in the Nineteenth Century” was published in 1854. • Became a classic of feminist thought • Started the Seneca Falls Women’s Convention in 1857
Accomplishments • Margaret was the first book review editor in the United States • First female foreign correspondent in the world. • She held seminars (women public speaking was against the law at the time) that many people attended. • She spoke about the need for women’s rights • Her books got many people to realize that women’s rights were needed. • One of only two women in the Transcendentalists Club. • She was highly respected within the club
“Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” -Margaret Fuller
Bibliography • Distinguished Women of the Past. Danuta Bois. 1998. http://distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/fuller-m.html • (Sarah) Margaret Fuller (Ossoli), 1810-1850.http://www.alcott.net/alcott/home/champions/Fuller.html?index=1 • Margaret Fuller Quotes. http://brainyquote.com/quotes/m/margaret_fuller.html