Woman in the Nineteenth Century

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Woman in the Nineteenth Century is an 1845 book by Margaret Fuller that is considered a foundational feminist text advocating for women’s intellectual, social, and political equality.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
feminist text
non-fiction book
advocatesFor legal reforms for women
women's access to education
women's political participation
women's right to work
arguesAgainst legal subordination of women
patriarchy
restrictive gender roles
author Margaret Fuller
basedOn “The Great Lawsuit: Man versus Men, Woman versus Women”
countryOfOrigin United States
genre feminist literature
philosophical essay
social criticism
hasForm prose
historicalSignificance foundational work of American feminism
one of the earliest major feminist treatises in the United States
influenced American women's suffrage movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
influencedBy German idealism
Ralph Waldo Emerson
transcendentalist philosophy
keyConcept individual development
self-culture
spiritual equality of the sexes
language English
mainSubject feminism
gender equality
intellectual equality
political equality
social equality
women's rights
movement American transcendentalism
first-wave feminism
notableFor blend of philosophical, literary, and political argument
early call for full equality between men and women
originallyPublishedIn The Dial
period 19th-century American literature
placeOfPublication New York City
publicationType expanded essay
publicationYear 1845
publisher Greeley & McElrath
timePeriodCovered 19th century

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Transcendentalism
associatedWork
Margaret Fuller
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