Author; born in
Cambridge, Mass., May 23, 1810; at the age of seventeen read
French,
Italian, Spanish, and German fluently; became a teacher in
Boston in 1835; and, two years later, in
Providence, R. I. She formed classes for young ladies in
Boston for training in conversation, and the next year (1840) became editor of the
Dial, the organ of the Transcendentalists (q. v.), to which she contributed articles on the social condition of women.
In 1844 she became literary editor of the New York
Tribune.
Miss Fuller travelled in
Europe, and,
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visiting
Italy in 1847, she married the
Marquis d'ossoli.
In 1850, returning to her native country with her husband and child, the vessel was wrecked on the southern coast of
Long Island, and all three were drowned, July 16, 1850.
Her writings are held in the highest estimation, and have made a deep impression upon features of social life in
America.