Margaret Fuller

In 1841, Sophia Willard Dana Ripley (1803-1861) co-founded Brook Farm with her husband George. Brook Farm was a utopian community of writers, thinkers, and farmers

Ednah Dow Cheney (1824-1904), an activist for women’s suffrage and abolition, lived here. She founded the New England Women’s Club and led the New England Hospital for Women. ​​

Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), a leading Transcendentalist and feminist, led "Conversations" and edited The Dial. She lived here starting in 1839.

Elizabeth Peabody's (1804-1894) Book Shop hosted Margaret Fuller's (1810-1850) Conversations, key to Transcendentalism, and was the first woman publisher in Boston.

One of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody’s (1804-1894) kindergartens, considered the founder of the U.S. kindergarten movement, was at 15 Pinckney Street, a mirror image of 17 Pinckney Street.