quotPsychologically rich. . . . Mattesons book restores the heroism of Fullers life and work.quot--The New YorkerWinner of the Ann M. Sperber Prize for best biography of a journalist.AxAbrilliant writer and a fiery social critic, Margaret Fuller - was perhaps the most famous American woman of her generation. Outspoken and quick-witted, idealistic and adventurous, she became the leading female figure in the transcendentalist movement, wrote a celebrated column of literary and social commentary for Horace Greeleys newspaper, and served as the first foreign correspondent for an American newspaper. While living in Europe she fell in love with an Italian nobleman, with whom she became pregnant out of wedlock. In she joined the fight for Italian independence and, the following year, reported on the struggle while nursing the wounded within range of enemy cannons.
