Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Margaret Fuller
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Margaret Fuller was an American feminist, writer, and intellectual associated with the Transcendentalist movement. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845) is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Her life was short but full. She became the first editor of the transcendentalist journal The Dial in 1840, before joining the staff of the New York Tribune under Horace Greeley in 1844. By the time she was in her 30s, Fuller had earned a reputation as the best-read person in New England, male or female, and became the first woman allowed to use the library at Harvard College. Her seminal work, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, was published in 1845. A year later, she was sent to Europe for the Tribune as its first female correspondent. She soon became involved with the revolutions in Italy and allied herself with Giuseppe Mazzini. She had a relationship with Giovanni Ossoli, with whom she had a child. All three members of the family died in a shipwreck off Fire Island, New York, as they were traveling to the United States in 1850. Fuller's body was never recovered. This project collects her most famous work along with shorter pieces and extracts from her journals and letters. (Summary by Wikipedia and Elizabeth Klett) (10 hr 14 min)
Chapters
Preface by A.B. Fuller | 13:41 | Read by Bruce Pirie |
Introduction by Horace Greeley | 4:37 | Read by Bruce Pirie |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 1 | 28:10 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 2 | 21:00 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 3 | 30:33 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 4 | 28:00 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 5 | 33:09 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 6 | 27:11 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 7 | 25:48 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 8 | 33:27 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 9 | 26:36 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Woman in the 19th century, Part 10 | 17:48 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Aglauron and Laurie | 58:46 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
The Wrongs of American Women | 16:24 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
George Sand | 4:34 | Read by April Gonzales |
From a Notice of George Sand | 10:25 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Consuelo by George Sand | 6:01 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Jenny Lind | 15:31 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Caroline | 10:12 | Read by Pamela Krantz |
Ever-Growing Lives | 7:08 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Household Nobleness | 9:42 | Read by Lucretia B. |
"Glumdalclitches" | 4:51 | Read by Pamela Krantz |
Ellen | 12:37 | Read by Pamela Krantz |
Courrier des Etats Unis | 14:46 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
On Books of Travel/Review of Memoirs and Essays by Mrs. Jameson | 14:26 | Read by Pamela Krantz |
Woman's Influence Over the Insane/From a Review of Browning's Poems | 4:43 | Read by Pamela Krantz |
Christmas | 17:32 | Read by Pamela Krantz |
Children's books | 7:15 | Read by Rhonda Federman |
Woman in Poverty | 8:47 | Read by Patti Cunningham |
The Irish Character | 15:34 | Read by ASPotter |
Educate Men and Women as Souls | 5:05 | Read by Pamela Krantz |
Journals and Letters, Part 1 | 24:30 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Journals and Letters, Part 2 | 24:03 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Journals and Letters, Part 3 | 24:15 | Read by Elizabeth Klett |
Letter from Hon. Lewis Cass Jr. | 7:21 | Read by nkneer |