Fuller as a Teacher in 1838–1839

• Published in: Fuller in Her Own Time p. 26
• Main Author: Anna Gale
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Iowa Press 01.09.2008
• Subjects: Arts; Atonement; Behavioral sciences; Bible; Blessings; Children; Christian justification; Christian philosophy; Christianity; Cognitive psychology; Concept of mind; Doctrinal theology; Education; Education politics; Educational responsibility; Emotion; Emotional states; Forgiveness; Happiness; Human populations; Language; Language acts; Linguistics; Literary genres; Literature; Locutionary acts; Metaphysics; Persons; Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Piety; Poetry; Population studies; Practical theology; Psychology; Religion; Ritual speech; Sacred texts; Sanctity; Social sciences; Speech acts; Spiritual belief systems; Systematic theology; Teacher responsibility; Theology; Thought
• ISBN: 9781587296918; 1587296918

In June, 1837, Margaret Fuller became an assistant teacher in the Green Street School in Providence, Rhode Island. Her connection with Bronson Alcott’s controversial school in Boston had been terminated in the preceding April, and, in spite of her desire to work on a projected life of Goethe, she felt the necessity of the independence which the $1,000 salary as a teacher would provide. Although she taught with reluctance, it is evident from a journal and letters written at the time that she taught well; and the fact that she was revered by many of her pupils is also made