Associated with the transcendentalist movement centered in Concord, Massachusetts, Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was a journalist, editor, critic, translator and women’s rights advocate. She was the first editor of the transcendentalist journal, The Dial and the first female war correspondent. Reputed to be the best read woman in New England, in 1845 Fuller wrote Women in the Nineteenth Century, which examined the place of women in society and is considered the earliest major feminist work in the country. Cited as a source of inspiration for women’s rights advocates, Fuller championed education, prison reform, and the abolition of slavery.