Interestingly enough, she was sent on assignment overseas. She sailed to Liverpool. She also met Italian revolutionaries in her travels as she interviewed famous authors, and she moved in with one of the exiles in Italy - they even had a child. All three were drowned 50 feet from shore when their return ship to America hit a sandbar. None other than Thoreau came to the beach to try to find her.
Major works: Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Summer on the Lakes, and Papers on Literature and Arts
To learn more of her see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fuller
3 comments:
That is fascinating, Kenna. I have never heard of her until now. Thanks so sharing that wonderful but sad story on Valentines day.
Kenna, your post came up because I have an alert set to Margaret Fuller. Always pleased to see other people discovering her. I've done a number of posts about her and her bicentennial is coming up next year. Hope you can keep her front and center in your posting! -- Jessica
How fascinating! Another woman whose history needs to be ferreted out and treasured...we are finding so many!
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