The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

Margaret Fuller
Also known as: Sarah Margaret Fuller, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli
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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (23 May 1810 – 19 June 1850) was an American author, journalist, critic and women's rights activist. She, her husband, and their child all died at the end of a five week voyage from Europe in a shipwreck just off of Fire Island.

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