Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Woman in the Nineteenth Century CD jacket

Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Margaret Fuller Ossoli

Published in 1845, Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. The basis of the essay is the notion that while mankind has the potential to becomes an elevated species understanding divine love, chronic inequality, selfishness and hypocrisy as barriers to this end that Americans inherited from the depravity of Europe. She describes the status of women as clearly inferior, equal to children and parallel to that of slavery, an in contrast to historical evidence of equality between the sexes and to the example of Christianity, with male and female saints. She outlines four types of marriages: mutual dependence, mutual idolatry, intellectual companionship, and a religious union that contains all three. She asserts that the souls of men and women are equal, despite gender, and that individuals each possess a unique mix of masculine and feminine energies. She urges an end to domination by men and for women to assert themselves so all can be self-dependent and autonomous individuals. A shorter version was first published in 1843 as "The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men. Woman versus Women" in The Dial Magazine, the journal of the transcendental group edited by Margaret Fuller. Noted publisher Horace Greeley was impressed and encouraged her to rewrite it as a book. He helped in the publication by releasing it as part of his “Cheerful Books for the People” series. Readers were seldom indifferent to its radical notions and unsparing insights. Opinions ranged ranged from Thoreau’s high regard to the discomfort of those who thought that it “speaks of many things that should not be spoken of”.


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Product Details

Read by: Multiple readers
Length: 10 hours and 10 minutes
Type: Collaborative reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: CD jacket
Item No.: CJ-1311
UPC/EAN: 0686175924060
List Price: $9.99

Credits

Production

Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Proof Listener: Michele Eaton

Artwork
Cover: Woman by the Seaside, 19th century, artist unknown, French 19th Century
Inset: Engraving of Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810-1850), a journalist, critic and women's rights activist, 1872, by Chappel.

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Table of Contents

Track Section Reader Length
1 01 - Preface by A. B. Fuller Bruce Pirie 13:33
2 02 - Introduction by Horace Greeley Bruce Pirie 4:32
3 03 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 1 Elizabeth Klett 27:57
4 04 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 2 Elizabeth Klett 20:49
5 05 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 3 Elizabeth Klett 30:14
6 06 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 4 Elizabeth Klett 27:47
7 07 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 5 Elizabeth Klett 32:49
8 08 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 6 Elizabeth Klett 26:58
9 09 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 7 Elizabeth Klett 25:37
10 10 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 8 Elizabeth Klett 33:07
11 11 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 9 Elizabeth Klett 26:24
12 12 - Woman in the Nineteenth Century Part 10 Elizabeth Klett 17:39
13 13 - Aglauron and Laurie Group 58:25
14 14 - The Wrongs of American Women Elizabeth Klett 16:19
15 15 - George Sand Nan O'Malley 6:05
16 16 - From a Notice of George Sand Elizabeth Klett 10:17
17 17 - From a Notice of Consuelo Elizabeth Klett 5:55
18 18 - Jenny Lind Elizabeth Klett 15:21
19 19 - Caroline Pamela Krantz 10:03
20 20 - Ever-Growing Lives Elizabeth Klett 7:01
21 21 - Household Nobleness Lucretia B. 9:33
22 22 - "Glumdalclitches" Pamela Krantz 4:44
23 23 - Ellen: Or Forgive and Forget Pamela Krantz 12:28
24 24 - Courrier des Etats Unis Elizabeth Klett 14:37
25 25 - On Books of Travel/Review of "Memoirs and Essays by Mrs. Jameson." Pamela Krantz 14:16
26 26 - Woman's Influence Over the Insane/From a Review of Browning's Poems Pamela Krantz 4:36
27 27 - Christmas Pamela Krantz 17:22
28 28 - Children's books Rhonda Federman 7:08
29 29 - Woman in Poverty Patti Cunningham 8:40
30 30 - The Irish Character ASPotter 15:19
31 31 - Educate Men and Women as Souls Pamela Krantz 5:00
32 32 - Journals and Letters Part 1 Elizabeth Klett 24:17
33 33 - Journals and Letters Part 2 Elizabeth Klett 23:51
34 34 - Journals and Letters Part 3 Elizabeth Klett 24:02
35 35 - Letter from Hon. Lewis Cass Jr. nkneer 7:15

 

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