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Margaret Fuller

1810–1850
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller, July 1846. Daguerreotype by Albert Sands Southworth. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Major works:
Woman in the Nineteenth Century • Summer on the Lakes, in 1843

“[Margaret Fuller] possessed more influence on the thought of American women than any woman previous to her time.”—Susan B. Anthony

“Humanity is divided into Men, Women, and Margaret Fuller.”—Edgar Allan Poe

“Without doubt Margaret Fuller stood first among women of the nineteenth century. . . . Though today almost forgotten, Margaret Fuller still probably holds more firsts than any other American woman who ever lived.”—Joseph Jay Deiss

Books

Margaret Fuller: Collected Writings LOA N°388
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