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Ernestine L. Rose - To Change a Nation (Paperback)
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Ernestine L. Rose - To Change a Nation (Paperback)
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Loot Price R492
Discovery Miles 4 920
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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.
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