The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter

Ernestine Rose, International Feminist Pioneer

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter by Bonnie S. Anderson, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Bonnie S. Anderson ISBN: 9780190626396
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: December 1, 2016
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Bonnie S. Anderson
ISBN: 9780190626396
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: December 1, 2016
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Known as "the queen of the platform," Ernestine Rose was more famous than her women's rights co-workers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. By the 1850s, Rose had become an outstanding orator for feminism, free thought, and anti-slavery. Yet, she would gradually be erased from history for being too much of an outlier: an immigrant, a radical, and an atheist. In The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter, Bonnie S. Anderson recovers the unique life and career of Ernestine Rose. The only child of a Polish rabbi, Ernestine Rose rejected religion at an early age, successfully sued for the return of her dowry after rejecting an arranged betrothal, and left her family, Judaism, and Poland forever. In London, she became a follower of socialist Robert Owen and met her future husband, William Rose. Together they emigrated to New York in 1836. In the United States, Ernestine Rose rapidly became a leader in movements against slavery, religion, and women's oppression and a regular on the lecture circuit, speaking in twenty-three of the thirty-one states. She challenged the radical Christianity that inspired many nineteenth-century women reformers and yet, even as she rejected Judaism, she was both a victim and critic of antisemitism, as well as nativism. In 1869, after the Civil War, she and her husband returned to England, where she continued her work for radical causes. By the time women achieved the vote, for which she tirelessly advocated throughout her long career, her pioneering contributions to women's rights had been forgotten. The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter restores Ernestine Rose to her rightful place in history and offers an engaging account of her international activism.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Known as "the queen of the platform," Ernestine Rose was more famous than her women's rights co-workers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. By the 1850s, Rose had become an outstanding orator for feminism, free thought, and anti-slavery. Yet, she would gradually be erased from history for being too much of an outlier: an immigrant, a radical, and an atheist. In The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter, Bonnie S. Anderson recovers the unique life and career of Ernestine Rose. The only child of a Polish rabbi, Ernestine Rose rejected religion at an early age, successfully sued for the return of her dowry after rejecting an arranged betrothal, and left her family, Judaism, and Poland forever. In London, she became a follower of socialist Robert Owen and met her future husband, William Rose. Together they emigrated to New York in 1836. In the United States, Ernestine Rose rapidly became a leader in movements against slavery, religion, and women's oppression and a regular on the lecture circuit, speaking in twenty-three of the thirty-one states. She challenged the radical Christianity that inspired many nineteenth-century women reformers and yet, even as she rejected Judaism, she was both a victim and critic of antisemitism, as well as nativism. In 1869, after the Civil War, she and her husband returned to England, where she continued her work for radical causes. By the time women achieved the vote, for which she tirelessly advocated throughout her long career, her pioneering contributions to women's rights had been forgotten. The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter restores Ernestine Rose to her rightful place in history and offers an engaging account of her international activism.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Raising Musical Kids by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Addiction in the Older Patient by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Salafi-Jihadism by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Gender, UN Peacebuilding, and the Politics of Space by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Innovating Minds by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Oceanic History: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book From Big Data to Big Profits by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book The Great Disorder by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Virtuous Bodies by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book The Death Penalty in America by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book The Story of Sexual Identity by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Theory and Practice of Technology-Based Music Instruction by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Dynamism, Rivalry, and the Surplus Economy by Bonnie S. Anderson
Cover of the book Inventing Modern by Bonnie S. Anderson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy