Who Is Margaret Fuller's Work?
perspective and historical context of Fuller’s time period, teaching and drawing historical events back together in a way that left me with more understanding of those forty or so years than I had prior to reading the book.
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Fuller experienced episodes of depression and lack of motivation or belief in herself; she experienced setbacks as her time period lacked gender equality; she worked a few teaching jobs. Despite that, she became a famous journalist, member of the transcendentalist movement, and a women's rights advocate. Margaret Fuller’s first job was that of a teacher. It wasn’t her dream job, but she didn’t lose hope or quit pursue her dream of writing because of her current situation. She kept working and of …show more content…
Fuller was smart, incredibly so. Her students questioned “how and when did she ever learn about everybody that existed” and in “awe” described her as a “literary being” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 110). In this they were correct; she spoke with such eloquence on all topics. With her pen in hand, there never seemed to be a silent moment, “arguing in favor of suffrage for black New Yorkers,” calling out marriages arranged for financial advancement, and documenting what she witnessed (Marshall, 2013, pg. 272).
Fuller was a female rights activist, speaking of “what women could do” and wishing to see “a woman everything she might be, in intellect and character” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 110). Theses wishes of Fuller were not without action as she actively pursued making this a reality, teaching women of all she knew and even “called on men to ‘remove arbitrary barriers’: ‘We would have every path laid open to Women as freely as to Man’” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 230). Fuller recognized that the fight for equality wasn't just a woman’s fight. Fuller recognized that men also needed to make the effort in the fight for equality as well. Because Fuller knew there was more to be done in her movement, “she rejected the argument that women’s status in contemporary society-- respected as wives and mothers, or simply as creatures of a “softer sex” -- was an indicator of progress” (Marshall, 2013, pg.
Widen their Views:
Fuller experienced episodes of depression and lack of motivation or belief in herself; she experienced setbacks as her time period lacked gender equality; she worked a few teaching jobs. Despite that, she became a famous journalist, member of the transcendentalist movement, and a women's rights advocate. Margaret Fuller’s first job was that of a teacher. It wasn’t her dream job, but she didn’t lose hope or quit pursue her dream of writing because of her current situation. She kept working and of …show more content…
Fuller was smart, incredibly so. Her students questioned “how and when did she ever learn about everybody that existed” and in “awe” described her as a “literary being” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 110). In this they were correct; she spoke with such eloquence on all topics. With her pen in hand, there never seemed to be a silent moment, “arguing in favor of suffrage for black New Yorkers,” calling out marriages arranged for financial advancement, and documenting what she witnessed (Marshall, 2013, pg. 272).
Fuller was a female rights activist, speaking of “what women could do” and wishing to see “a woman everything she might be, in intellect and character” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 110). Theses wishes of Fuller were not without action as she actively pursued making this a reality, teaching women of all she knew and even “called on men to ‘remove arbitrary barriers’: ‘We would have every path laid open to Women as freely as to Man’” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 230). Fuller recognized that the fight for equality wasn't just a woman’s fight. Fuller recognized that men also needed to make the effort in the fight for equality as well. Because Fuller knew there was more to be done in her movement, “she rejected the argument that women’s status in contemporary society-- respected as wives and mothers, or simply as creatures of a “softer sex” -- was an indicator of progress” (Marshall, 2013, pg.