Antebellum Reform Movements · US History

In her work 'Woman in the Nineteenth Century,' Margaret Fuller argued that:

Women were naturally suited only for domestic tasks
The women's rights movement should remain separate from the abolitionist movement
Women should be granted the same intellectual and spiritual freedom as men
Slavery was a necessary evil for the survival of the republic

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Correct answer: Women should be granted the same intellectual and spiritual freedom as men

Fuller was a leading Transcendentalist who applied the movement's focus on individual potential to women. Her writing was a foundational text for the feminist movement, arguing that gender should not limit a person’s development.

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In her work 'Woman in the Nineteenth Century,' Margaret Fuller argued that:

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