Margaret Fuller Shapes the Consciousness of America through the New York Tribune [ 27:51 | 12.83 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (69)(archived — use the download or “Play in Popup” link)
In the mid-nineteenth century, Margaret Fuller was considered the most brilliant woman in America. She was a founding member of the Transcendentalist Club in Boston and was an early advocate for women’s rights and social justice. In the 1840s, Margaret moved from Boston to New York City to become the first woman social and literary critic of Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune. Michael Barnett, M.Div. and M.Ed., will reveal how this extraordinary writer and thinker affected America as she became a foreign correspondent, mother, and revolutionary for the Italian cause.
Presented by: Michael Barnett. Mr. Barnett works as a theologian, educator, and poet. He earned his Master of Divinity Magna Cum Laude from Moravian Theological Seminary in his hometown of Bethlehem, PA, and his Master of Science in Education from Gwynedd-Mercy College in Gwynedd Valley, PA. He has taught religious studies at Gwynedd-Mercy College and religious education and OWL at BuxMont UU Fellowship in Warrington, PA, where he is a member. Michael is a teaching artist in poetry for the Lehigh Valley Arts Council in Allentown, PA, where he works with at-risk youth seeking their GEDs. For nine years, he has created sermons and classes on the Transcendentalists Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Unitarian minister, Theodore Parker, and the Transcendentalist poets, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.
