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Portrait of Ernestine L. Rose
Author: Ernestine L. Rose
Author: Joyce B. LazarusPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0761873430
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Overlooked by historians for over half a century following her death, Ernestine L. Rose (1810−1892) was one of the foremost orators and social reformers of her era. A fearless human rights activist, she fought for racial equality, women’s rights, freethought and religious freedom, and she can be considered a forerunner of twentieth-century activists in civil rights and the women’s movement. Rose was a pioneer in many movements, articulating the notion that all Americans are endowed with natural rights guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence and by the Constitution. Her passion was to see everyone―women and men, regardless of race, religion or ethnic origin―possessing the civil rights promised by American democracy. Unlike other nineteenth-century female reformers such as Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ernestine Rose was the only non-Christian, foreign-born woman. For this reason, she did not entirely fit in and she felt tensions within the women’s rights and abolitionist circles, as nativism and anti-Semitism worsened in the United States. Rose’s outspoken opinions put her at odds with the religious zeal of the American public as well as that of many reformers. A visionary leader, she crisscrossed two continents to fight for change, seeking to raise public awareness of international issues and of social movements in Europe and in the United States. The topic of this book is highly relevant to current struggles for racial justice and for preserving and strengthening democracy in the United States. Rose’s words are as pertinent today as they were during her lifetime. This book offers a new understanding of Ernestine Rose’s important contributions to American democracy.
Letter from Ernestine L. Rose, January 14, 1869
Author: Speech of Ernestine L. Rose
Author: Ernestine L. Rose to Susan, July 4, 1876
Author: The American Life of Ernestine L. Rose
Author: Carol A. KolmertenPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
A biography of one of the least known women's rights activists in 19th-century America. For over 30 years, Rose (1810-1892) attacked slavery and decried women's lack of political and social rights. Her atheism, her Jewish and Polish background, and her blunt appeal to reason made her an easy target for those opposed to her ideas, and an outsider even among the reformers, whose anti-Semitism, anti-immigrationist sentiments, and unconscious racism she aroused. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Madame Rose
Author: Héricourt (Madame d'.)Publisher:
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Category : Women's rights
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter
Author: Bonnie S. AndersonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199756244
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The first modern biography of one of the nineteenth century's most prominent radical activists, written by an acclaimed senior feminist historian.
Ernestine L. Rose
Author: Keri A. BodensteinerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Portraits of Jewish-American Heroes
Author: Malka DruckerPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425289745
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
From its beginnings, America, founded on religious freedom, has been a land of opportunity for Jews socially as well as spiritually. Here are profiles of twenty-one individuals who have enriched America and the lives of Americans through their achievements in such areas as science, sports, film making, and civil rights. An inspiring journey through more than two centuries of American Jewish history.