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  • Margaret Fuller, the American feminist writer who died in a shipwreck

    Margaret Fuller, the American feminist writer who died in a shipwreck

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    Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was an influential American critic, teacher, and feminist writer, recognized for her contributions to American culture, particularly through her seminal work, Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845). Born in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, Fuller was a gifted child who pursued rigorous education despite limited access for women at the time, which impacted her health.