Woman in the Nineteenth Century


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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)

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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