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Margaret Fuller Played Ball?

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Famous, Females
City/State/Country: Cambridge, Groton, MA, US
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Juvenile, Youth
Text

Writer and Women's Rights advocate Margaret Fuller recalled that as a child she preferred boys' games.

Sources

{Reportedly} John Matteson, The Lives of Margaret Fuller, (Norton, 2012?), as quoted in a New Yorker book review, February 6, 2012.

Comment

We should confirm this report in the Matteson book when possible.

Fuller grew up in Cambridge MA, and received early education in Groton MA.

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Query

Does the text actually cite a baserunning game as one that she played?

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Submitted by Dorothy Mills
Submission Note Email of 10/4/2013



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