Bonnie S. Anderson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- December 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199756247
- eISBN:
- 9780190626402
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199756247.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
Chapter 7 describes Ernestine Rose’s life from 1861 to 1869, when she and William returned to England. The Civil War temporarily ended the women’s movement, saw an increase in religious belief, and ...
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Chapter 7 describes Ernestine Rose’s life from 1861 to 1869, when she and William returned to England. The Civil War temporarily ended the women’s movement, saw an increase in religious belief, and witnessed the decline of free thought. In 1864, Horace Seaver, editor of the atheist Boston Investigator, which Rose read every week, published a series of antisemitic editorials. Rose rebutted him, but unsuccessfully. After the war, the women’s movement divided over the 15th Amendment, which gave black men, but no women, the vote. Rose consistently backed the rights of black women and advocated equal rights for all. Increasingly ill during these years, Rose ceded her leadership position to Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Less
Chapter 7 describes Ernestine Rose’s life from 1861 to 1869, when she and William returned to England. The Civil War temporarily ended the women’s movement, saw an increase in religious belief, and witnessed the decline of free thought. In 1864, Horace Seaver, editor of the atheist Boston Investigator, which Rose read every week, published a series of antisemitic editorials. Rose rebutted him, but unsuccessfully. After the war, the women’s movement divided over the 15th Amendment, which gave black men, but no women, the vote. Rose consistently backed the rights of black women and advocated equal rights for all. Increasingly ill during these years, Rose ceded her leadership position to Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Bonnie S. Anderson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- December 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199756247
- eISBN:
- 9780190626402
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199756247.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
The Epilogue recounts Rose’s last decade in London, from 1882 to 1892. She received many visitors, both Americans like Stanton and Anthony, and Britons, like Charles Bradlaugh and his daughters, ...
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The Epilogue recounts Rose’s last decade in London, from 1882 to 1892. She received many visitors, both Americans like Stanton and Anthony, and Britons, like Charles Bradlaugh and his daughters, Hypatia and Alice. Unable to walk, she continued to read the weekly Boston Investigator and its English counterpart, the National Reformer. Both newspapers reprinted her major speeches, paid tribute to her, and published her letters. She remained intellectually engaged and donated money both to her causes and to poor people. Most of her friends had died before her death, and she was forgotten by the twentieth century. She deserves to be remembered.Less
The Epilogue recounts Rose’s last decade in London, from 1882 to 1892. She received many visitors, both Americans like Stanton and Anthony, and Britons, like Charles Bradlaugh and his daughters, Hypatia and Alice. Unable to walk, she continued to read the weekly Boston Investigator and its English counterpart, the National Reformer. Both newspapers reprinted her major speeches, paid tribute to her, and published her letters. She remained intellectually engaged and donated money both to her causes and to poor people. Most of her friends had died before her death, and she was forgotten by the twentieth century. She deserves to be remembered.
