Although she briefly attended young ladies' schools, JWH
was mainly educated at home. She was tutored by Joseph Cogswell
, who would go on to head the Astor Library
. Under his instruction she mastered...
Education
Ling Shuhua
LS took courses in zoology (inspired by Goethe
, who wrote on the subject), but switched her focus to literature (after an instructor introduced her to the writings of St Francis of Assissi
). Her...
Cultural formation
Margaret Fuller
MF
's Unitarian
ism introduced her to a vibrant intellectual community in Cambridge, and at a fairly young age she became a central figure in a social circle that included George Ripley
, William Henry Channing
