Margaret Fuller: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Sarah Margaret Fuller • Marchesa Ossoli
Born	May 23, 1810 • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Died	July 19, 1850 (aged 40) • Atlantic Ocean
Notable Works	“Woman in the Nineteenth Century”
Movement / Style	American Renaissance • Transcendentalism
Subjects Of Study	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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