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Mistress of herself: speeches and letters of Ernestine L. Rose, early women's rights leader

The book offers a glimpse into the life and thoughts of Ernestine L. Rose, highlighting her contributions to the women's rights movement through her persuasive speeches and personal correspondence. more

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Ernestine Rose
Ernestine Rose

Ernestine Rose was a prominent abolitionist and feminist from Poland. Born on January 13, 1810, in Warsaw, she dedicated her life to the fight against slavery and for women's rights. Rose was a key figure in the abolitionist movement in the United States and Europe, and her efforts contributed significantly to the advancement of these causes. more

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“But remember that if the struggle were to resort to violence, it will lose vision, beauty and imagination. Most dangerous of all, it will marginalize and eventually victimize women. And a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.”

“Let not men then in the pride of power, use the same arguments that tyrannic kings and venal ministers have used, and fallaciously assert that women ought to be subjected because she has always been so.... It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity.... It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.”

“I'm perpetually single. Being alone is not the same as being lonely. I like to do things that glorify being alone. I buy a candle that smells pretty, turn down the lights, and make a playlist of low-key songs. If you don't act like you've been hit by the plague when you're alone on a Friday night, and just see it as a chance to have fun by yourself, it's not a bad day.”