Known as the queen of the platform, ernestine rose was more famous than her womens rights coworkers, elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. By the 1850s, rose had become an outstanding orator for feminism, free thought, and antislavery. Carol kolmerten, author of the american life of ernestine l. Rose, ernestine louise potowski national womens hall of. Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Buy this book this revelatory biography revises the history of the.
Ernestine rose in new york city the gotham center for. Bibliography ernestine rose society brandeis university. The immigrant activist who loved americas ideals, if not its. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. She was one of the major intellectual forces behind the womens rights movement in nineteenthcentury america. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Share ernestine rose quotations about atheism, human rights and wife. Ernestine rose is the author of monday morning blues 3. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all. Though rose died over a hundred years ago, her words still thrill and inspire us.
Anderson has filled a longstanding and somewhat embarrassing gap in the history of north american civil rights activism. Founder, boston womens health book collective, authors of our bodies ourselves for the new century, 1998. As a public speaker, ernestine rose was more famousand notoriousthan elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. Born in poland to a jewish family, ernestine louise rose 1810 1892 was a feminist, abolitionist, freethinker, and atheist. Her father was a rich rabbi and her mother the daughter of a wealthy. Ernestine rose book, rights, letters we have hardly an adequate idea how allpowerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society. Apr 06, 2017 ernestine rose was born ernestine potowsky on january, 1810, as a jew, a pole and female, a circumstance anderson refers to as three oppressive situations. During her study at the new york state library school, she worked a summer at a branch of the new york. A family affair written by the talented writer, ernestine rose, held my interest from beginning to end. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. Rose, along with a perspective on the life of an inspiring, courageous, and controversial founding leader of the first wave of feminism.
She tells us in her preface what drew her to undertake the challenge of restoring the elusive. Yet, she would gradually be erased from history for being too much of an outlier. History is written by the victors and between rose s death in 1892 and the 1970s, american history focused on white men and their achievements. Why ernestine rose is important today bonnie anderson. Anthony, lucretia mott, paulina kellogg wright davis and sojourner truth and fought for womens rights and abolition. Her compelling oratory linked womens rights, the abolition of slavery and religious freedom. Speaking at the annual thomas paine dinner in new york on this date in 1848, ernestine l. Rose at the third national womans rights convention, syracuse, n. Nov 28, 2011 ernestine rose was an only child, born in 1880 to two anglo americans, farmer stephen rose and teacher anna chatfield. Ernestine rose, international feminist pioneer, published by oxford university press, is the fourth ive written in womens history. Ernestine rose 18101892 was a prosuffrage, antislavery orator in the united states whose activism was recognized by contemporaries as a key contribution to the suffrage movement. National american woman suffrage association collection library of congress stone, lucy rose, ernestine l.
Her parents and paternal grandparents lived in hay ground, a settlement considered at the time to be part of the hamlet of bridgehampton, located on the south fork of the eastern end of long island, about 100 miles from manhattan. Paula doressworters is a resident scholar at the womens studies research center at brandeis university, founder of the ernestine rose society, and coauthor of the original and subsequent editions of our bodies, ourselves and related books. Nov 03, 2018 as a public speaker, ernestine rose was more famousand notoriousthan elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. Ernestine rose, polishborn american reformer and suffragist, an active figure in the 19thcentury womens rights, antislavery, and temperance movements. Doressworterss carefully researched introduction and explanatory notes provide a rich cultural context for understanding this remarkable woman. Anthony were, at least in her heyday, and she mentored them both. Her father was a rabbi, but even as a girl ernestine rose questioned religion. Fame, and in 1998 the ernestine rose society was founded to revive the legacy of this. National american woman suffrage association collection. American studies at case western reserve university. Most uptodate and wellresearched biography of rose. The schlesinger libary, radcliffe institute, harvard university. No sooner did ernestine rose arrive in new york in may of 1836, than she was.
Born in the polish ghetto to the town rabbi and his wife, ernestine potowski received a better education and more freedom than was typical for. Ernestine rose davis died peacefully in her sleep at 6pm friday, january 2nd, 2015 at calvary hospital, 1740 eastchester road, bronx, ny 10461 where she was admitted for hospice care on december 23rd, 2014. Suffragist and antislavery activist ernestine rose. Ernestine louise rose january, 1810 august 4, 1892 was a suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker who has been called the first jewish feminist. Ernestine louise rose january, 1810 august 4, 1892 was an atheist feminist, individualist feminist, and abolitionist. In the first comprehensive biography of rose, carol a. She refused an arranged marriage, and instead sued her father for her share of the inheritance.
Despite being one of the most wellknown and influential speakers for womens rights during the first half of the nineteenth century, rose faced much contempt during her life and erasure after her death. Feb 12, 2018 today, she is a member of the national womens hall of fame, based in seneca falls, n. Rose, ernestine louise potowski national womens hall of fame. The three others are listed and available for purchase in the other books section of this site. Ernestine rose phone, address, background info whitepages. Annual magazine of the bridgehampton historical society summer 2010. Ernestine louise potowski rose ernestine rose, often cited by susan b.
Ernestine rose had been almost completely forgotten by the turn of the twentieth century. Rose, the queen of the platform, expressed not only her feminist and abolitionist beliefs but her antireligious views when she denounced superstition that keeps women ignorant, dependent, and enslaved beings. Kolmerten has recovered the most eloquent and persuasive speeches and letters of the movement itself. Republican principles in her 1845 book woman in the nineteenth century document 111, margaret fuller wrote, i think women need, especially at this juncture, a much greater range of occupation than they have, to rouse their latent powers. Unique among the founders of the womens rights movement because she was a polish immigrant of jewish background, celebrated orator ernestine rose 18101882 won the title queen of the platform for her brilliant speeches, advocating and linking womens rights, religious. Edited by paula doressworters speeches and letters of ernestine rose, early womens rights leader. What does ernestine rose suggest will eventually bring about womens equality in the united states. But mention the name ernestine rose to the next feminist you meet, and odds. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that. Ernestine rose in new york city the gotham center for new. Review of the rabbis atheist daughter society for us.
Doressworters is a resident scholar at the womens studies research center at brandeis university, founder of the ernestine rose society, and coauthor of the original and subsequent editions of our bodies, ourselves and related books. Anthony as one of the early influential leaders of the womens suffrage movement was born in a ghetto in russian poland. Despite being one of the most wellknown and influential speakers for womens rights during the first half of the nineteenth century, rose faced much contempt during her. Ernestine rose was born on march 19, 1880, in bridgehampton, new york, and named after ernestine polowsky rose, a nineteenthcentury feminist. She is currently the director of the ernestine rose society and a scholar at the womens. To learn more about the great ernestine rose, please check out. I write a blog post about once a month, which you can find here or you can subscribe to get it in your inbox my new book, the rabbis atheist daughter. Its a fastmoving fantasy novel about young outcasts who develop magical powers in what seems like an alternate renaissance europe. Join facebook to connect with ernestine rose and others you may know. Ernestine rose society a feminist pioneer the mission of the ernestine rose society is to revive the legacy of this important early 19thcentury reformer by recognizing her pioneering role in the first wave of feminism. Mistress of herself is the first definitive collection of speeches and letters from early womens rights leader ernestine rose.
Largely forgotten in contemporary discussions of the american womens rights movement. It is only when she arrives in america that we have a substantial historical record of her public life. An immigrant from poland, a communitarian socialist, an atheist, and a jew, she was more ultraist, to use a thenfaddish term, than anyone she shared a stage with. Brandeis university features the ernestine rose society at the womens studies and research center. Stories about ernestine s early life are largely anecdotal, often based on stories she told to friends and interviewers. Ernestine rose, international feminist pioneer, emerita professor of history at brooklyn college and the graduate center, cuny, bonnie s. Rose was one of the most important, but also one of the leastknown, womens rights activists in nineteenthcentury america. Ernestine rose, international feminist pioneer new york. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for ernestine rose. Elizabeth cady stanton publicly eulogized her as indispensable. Ernestine rose is the author of monday morning blues 2. Rose, early womens rights leader, the feminist press at cuny. When rose began speaking out in public, her vision of a new society.
Ernestine louise rose january, 1810 august 4, 1892 was a suffragist, abolitionist, and. She was born on january, 1810, in piotrkow trybunalski, russiapoland, as ernestine louise polowsky. Ernestine louise rose by the american jewish historical society via the jewish virtual library. For more than 20 years, ernestine rose, born in poland in 1810, worked as a leading prosuffrage, antislavery orator in the united states. Indianapolis, indiana historical society 1957 ocolc802304678.
Ernestine rose, 18101892 by janet freedman for the jewish womens archive. American social reformer by the editors for encyclop. Her career spanned from the 1830s to the 1870s, making her a contemporary to the more famous suffragists elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. Adah isaacs menken and the birth of american celebrity cambridge university press, 2003 is being published in association with the american antiquarian society.
Ernestine roses extemporaneous speeches on religious freedom, public. Born in the polish ghetto to the town rabbi and his wife, ernestine potowski received a better education. About ernestine rose by the ernestine rose society at brandeis university. Her goal for herself and for society was intellectual freedom, freedom from the constraints of religious creeds and dogma. Jan 31, 2008 the womens studies research center at brandeis university joins the feminist press at city college of new york in announcing paula doressworters groundbreaking work, a collection of the speeches and letters of ernestine l. But heeding roses own words, spoken at new yorks annual thomas paine celebration of 1840. Today, she is a member of the national womens hall of fame, based in seneca falls, n. Let us, by honoring the memory of reformers in the past encourage the rise of others in future time, the ernestine rose society was founded in 1998 to revive the legacy of this important early nineteenth century reformer by recognizing. Americans dont typically recognize ernestine rose as a prominent figure in the early u.
The roses soon opened a small fancy and perfumery store in their home, where rose sold. The multicultural ideal and social activism of ernestine rose. About ernestine rose ernestine rose society brandeis. Rose also traveled to michigan, where she was the first woman to publicly demand that women there be given the vote. Prior to this, she was being treated for lung cancer at memorial sloan kettering hospital, new york, ny for the past year. Ernestine rose in the 1840s and 1850s, rose joined the pantheon of great american women, a group that included such influential women as elizabeth cady stanton, susan b. This background made her an outlier to most of american society, which always.
It may remind or prepare parents of some real life experiences that could possibly occur when taking on one of the hardest jobs there is, raising children. She inherited substantial property at the death of her mother. Apr 27, 2017 the immigrant activist who loved americas ideals, if not its actions by the 1850s, ernestine rose was a wellknown public figure, far more famous than her allies elizabeth cady stanton and. By the 1850s, ernestine rose 181092 was one of the most famous women in the united states, known as an outstanding orator for womens rights, antislavery, and free thought. Parents need to know that the rose society is the second volume of the saga begun in the young elites by marie lu, a uthor of the legend trilogy. Ernestine rose interesting stories about famous people. Bestselling author and new york times proclaimed hit factory marie lu delivers another heartpounding adventure in this exhilarating sequel to the young elites.
When she discovered that the paine society didnt allow women to join. Ernestine rose in 1881 ernestine louise rose january 1810 4 august 1892 was an atheist feminist, individualist feminist, and abolitionist. She studied at wesleyan university and the new york state library school in albany, new york, where she graduated in 1904. About ernestine rose ernestine rose society brandeis university. Ernestine louise susan anthony collection library of congress date. Ernestine rose american social reformer britannica. While her name may have been lost to history for far too long, american women are still profiting from her activism. Ernestine rose was an only child, born in 1880 to two anglo americans, farmer stephen rose and teacher anna chatfield. Ernestine louise rose january, 1810 august 4, 1892 was an atheist, feminist, and abolitionist. Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of f. In the 1840s and 1850s, ernestine rose joined the pantheon of great american women elizabeth cady stanton, lucretia mott, paulina wright and sojourner truth who fought both for womens rights and against slavery. As was the custom, her father assigned rose and her dowry in. This achievement is all the more remarkable because she was an immigrant, an atheist, and a jew, which made her unique in the early womens movement and extremely.