In the 19th century, women did not benefit from the rights they can benefit from today. It was said that one woman in particular "possessed more influence on the thinking of American women." than any woman before her time” (Norton Anthology 740). Margaret Fuller was an accomplished writer of numerous essays and also the author of a book that spoke about women's rights before the time of the women's suffrage movements. At a time when women were not expected to have the education that men did, her father taught Fuller many different languages ​​and had a great understanding of what a student at a university would have. Additionally, Fuller devoted much of her time to being a newspaper columnist and advocated for women's equality with men. Fuller's work showed how education, career, and marriage were the major issues women faced in their struggle for equality. were below them. Women have historically been seen as the ones who provide care and prepare meals at home, while men find work or go to college. According to Susan Cruea, "women had the opportunity to attend seminaries and women's colleges, the curriculum of these schools was limited to religious instruction and basic 'literary learning' that would enable a mother to later educate his children. Intellectual activities were strongly discouraged; instead, a True Woman was expected "to flourish in the 'instinctive' arts of child-rearing, domestic pursuits, and spiritual comfort." So women could go to school to help their children, but could not continue their education higher because they were women and that would make...... middle of paper ... America today, women. who started the women's rights movements would be grateful for what has been accomplished and is still being accomplished because that is what they wanted for themselves. ATQ: 19th century American literature and culture 19.3. 2005. 187+. Documentary resources for Gale. Web March 28, 2014.• Fest, Kerstin. “Angels in the House or Girl Power: Working Women in 19th-Century Novels and Contemporary Girls.” Women's Studies 38.1.2009. 43-62. Premier Academic Research. Web March 28, 2014.• Fuller, Margaret. Women in the 19th century. New York: WW Norton & Company, Inc. 1971. Print.• Baym, Nina and Levine, Robert S., Eds. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. New York: Julia Reidhead, 2012. 740-777. Print.