Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) was a journalist, critic and women's rights activist. She was the first full-time female book reviewer in journalism. She became the first editor of the transcendental publication The Dial in 1840 before joining the staff of the New York Tribune in 1844. By the time she was in her 30s, Fuller had earned a reputation as the best-read person in New England, male or female. Her seminal work, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, was published in 1845 and is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Fuller was an advocate of women's rights and, in particular, women's education and the right to employment. She also encouraged many other reforms in society, including prison reform and the emancipation of slaves in the United States. Fuller became involved with the revolution in Italy and allied herself with Giuseppe Mazzini. She also met Giovanni Ossoli, with whom she had a child. All three members of the family died in a shipwreck in 1850. Fuller's body was never recovered. Shortly after Fuller's death her importance faded; the editors who prepared her letters to be published, believing her fame would be short-lived, were not concerned about accuracy and censored or altered much of her words before publication.

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1498:

Girolamo Savonarola of Florence was executed for heresy, uttering prophecies, sedition, and other crimes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Savonarola

1533:

The marriage of Henry VIII of England and his first wife Catherine of Aragon was annulled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon

1568:

The Dutch Revolt broke out when rebels led by Louis of Nassau invaded Friesland at the Battle of Heiligerlee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Revolt

1706:

War of the Spanish Succession: Led by the Duke of Marlborough, the allied forces of England, the Dutch Republic, and Denmark defeated the Franco-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ramillies

1934:

American criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by police on a desolate road near their hideout in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde

2008:

To resolve a 29-year-old territorial dispute, the International Court of Justice awarded Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedra_Branca_dispute

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Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in punishing another as criminal who is not willing to suffer the penalty due to his own offenses. --Margaret Fuller http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Fuller