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Caroline Wells Healey Dall
1822–1912
A sharp, energetic voice in 19th-century American reform, this writer brought feminism, education, and social change into public debate through books, lectures, and journalism. Her work also preserved firsthand memories of leading Transcendentalists, giving later readers a vivid window into that world.
2 Audiobooks
Margaret and Her Friends or, Ten conversations with Margaret Fuller upon the mythology of the Greeks and its expression in art, held at the house of the Rev. George Ripley, Bedford Place, Boston, beginning March 1, 1841
by Caroline Wells Healey Dall, Margaret Fuller
The College, the Market, and the Court or, Woman's relation to education, labor and law
by Caroline Wells Healey Dall
About the author
Born in Boston on June 22, 1822, Caroline Wells Healey Dall became an American writer, lecturer, reformer, and a notable advocate for women's rights. She was active in major reform circles of her time, including the National Women's Rights Convention, the New England Women's Club, and the American Social Science Association.
Dall wrote across a wide range of subjects, but she is especially remembered for connecting literary life with public reform. She argued for women's education, employment, and fuller participation in civic life, and she helped carry those ideas to broad audiences through essays, books, and public speaking.
She is also valued as a chronicler of the Transcendentalist movement. Her recollections and biographical writing preserved impressions of figures such as Margaret Fuller and other leading thinkers of 19th-century New England. Dall died in Washington, D.C., on December 17, 1912.