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Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate.

Margaret Fuller American feminist, poet, author, and activist

Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli, commonly known as Margaret Fuller, was an American journalist, editor, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.

Margaret Fuller may also refer to:

Margaret "Minx" T. Fuller is an American developmental biologist known for her research on the male germ line and defining the role of the stem cell environment in specifying cell fate and differentiation.

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Fuller is a surname referring to someone who treats wool with the process called fulling, and may refer to:

Margaret Fuller House

The Margaret Fuller House was the birthplace and childhood home of American transcendentalist Margaret Fuller (1810–1850). It is located at 71 Cherry Street, in the Old Cambridgeport Historic District area of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the neighborhood now called "The Port". The house is now a National Historic Landmark.

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Sarah Fuller may refer to:

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