One of the few advocates of women's rights who did not begin her career in the abolitionist movement and who made a frontal assault on all forms of sexual discrimination in Women in the Nineteenth Century was
A) Lucretia Mott.
B) Margaret Fuller.
C) Sarah Grimke.
D) Catherine Beecher.

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Margaret Fuller is the correct answer because she is the author of "Women in the Nineteenth Century," a work that directly addresses various forms of sexual discrimination and advocates for women's rights. Unlike many of her contemporaries, her activism was not initially rooted in the abolitionist movement.

One of the Few Advocates of Women's Rights Who Did