Women periodical editors occupied a unique position within nineteenth-century American society. As women, they held limited power in the public sphere; however, as editors, they wielded tremendous power within the literary marketplace. One could argue that these editors shaped American culture with the daily selections they chose to print. This study examines the periodical editing careers of four women reformers who utilized the periodical press to educate their readers about the concept of self-culture and its application to the social reformation of society.;Margaret Fuller, Lydia Maria Child, Caroline Healey Dall, and Jane Grey Swisshelm represent a progression in reform rhetoric and the ways women editors implemented this rhetoric in nineteenth-century periodicals. As Dial editor, Fuller established the role of cultural and social critic for women reformers. As the prototype for the application of the Transcendentalist concept of self-culture, Fuller provided women an opportunity to think for themselves that evolved into taking care of themselves, both physically and intellectually. This newfound power allowed women reformers to expand their influence to society's ills through the cultural work of reform. As Fuller's contemporary, Child is the next stage in this development as the first woman to edit an established anti-slavery periodical. Her conceptual inculcation of individualism and self-culture into anti-slavery discourse reshaped the movement itself. Dall follows Child in this progression as co-editor of the first woman's rights periodical. Her efforts to formulate the rhetoric of the woman's rights movement through the education of her readers was a direct result of the groundwork laid by Fuller. Finally, Swisshelm signifies the culmination of this progression of reform rhetoric into a mainstream role for women in public discourse. As editor and owner of her own reform periodical, Swisshelm exerted significant influence over the reform movements of the nineteenth century. She represents a key moment in women's history between the early endeavors of women reformers in public discourse and the later efforts of activists in the modern women's rights movement. Thus, the role of social critic established by Fuller was expanded by the editors who followed her into various roles in the reform movements.
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机译：女期刊编辑在19世纪美国社会中占有独特的地位。作为妇女，她们在公共领域的权力有限。但是，作为编辑，他们在文学市场上拥有着巨大的力量。有人可能会争辩说，这些编辑通过他们每天印刷的选集来塑造美国文化。这项研究考察了四位女性改革者的期刊编辑生涯，他们利用期刊媒体教育读者关于自我文化的概念及其在社会社会改革中的应用。;玛格丽特·富勒（Margaret Fuller），Lydia Maria Child，Caroline Healey Dall和Jane Gray Swisshelm代表了改革言论的进步，以及女性编辑在19世纪期刊中实施这种言论的方式。作为表盘编辑，富勒（Fuller）为女性改革者确立了文化和社会评论家的角色。作为超越自我主义自我文化概念应用的原型，富勒为女性提供了一个思考自己的机会，这些思考逐渐发展为照顾自己的身体和智力。这种新发现的力量使妇女改革者可以通过改革的文化工作将其影响扩大到社会的弊端。作为富勒（Fuller）的当代作品，儿童文学是这一发展的下一阶段，是第一位编辑既有的反奴隶制期刊的妇女。她将个人主义和自我文化概念性地灌输到反奴隶主义话语中，从而改变了运动本身。在此过程中，Dall跟着Child担任第一位女性权利期刊的合编。她通过对读者的教育来制定妇女权利运动的言论的努力是富勒奠定基础的直接结果。最后，Swisshelm标志着改革言论逐渐发展为妇女在公共话语中的主流角色的高潮。作为她自己的改革期刊的编辑和所有者，Swisshelm对19世纪的改革运动产生了重大影响。她代表着妇女历史上的一个关键时刻，介于早期的女性改革者在公共场合的努力与后来的激进主义者在现代妇女权利运动中的努力之间。因此，由富勒确立的社会评论家的作用被编辑们扩大了，他们跟随她成为改革运动的各种角色。
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