Bicentennial Celebration

The Margaret Fuller Bicentennial is an opportunity to celebrate and learn about an extraordinary woman and continue her global vision of equality and human rights.  

The year-long celebration includes:  

The Bicentennial hopes to raise awareness of Margaret Fuller, so that her story may inspire people of all ages to follow her lead and think independently, express their thoughts clearly, defend their convictions with courage, learn through dialogue and the free exchange of opinions, believe in the equality of all people, and be open to change. Then her legacy will be assured.  

Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)

Author, editor, journalist, literary critic, educator, Transcendentalist, and women’s rights advocate....

Today we consider Margaret Fuller one of the guiding lights of the first-wave of feminism. She helped  educate the women of her day by leading a series of Conversations in which women were empowered to read, think and discuss important issues of the day. She empowered generations to follow through her ground-breaking writings, especially her landmark book Woman in the Nineteenth Century.

Among her accomplishments:

  • First American to write a book about equality for women
  • First woman foreign correspondent and war correspondent to serve under combat conditions
  • First woman journalist on Horace Greeley’s New York Daily Tribune
  • First editor of The Dial, foremost Transcendentalist journal, appointed by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • First woman literary critic who also set literary standards
  • First woman to enter Harvard Library to pursue research

The Bicentennial Committee

The Margaret Fuller Bicentennial Committee is a grassroots group of Unitarian Universalist ministers and lay people, scholars, and representatives from historical sites, commissions, and organizations. You are welcome to join this work by submitting the attached form or by contacting us through the website.

Join us now in planning tours, exhibits, trips, programs and performances, celebrating the life of Margaret Fuller. The Margaret Fuller Bicentennial Project was organized to celebrate her life, work, and legacy during the bicentennial year of her birth. If you are planning a Margaret Fuller themed event, we'd love to advertise it here. Please e-mail us the details and we'll get it posted on the event calendar.

This Web site continues to be under development. We will be adding additional content as the Bicentennial year approaches. We welcome your feedback or questions about the project and web content. Click here to contact the committee.

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