Ernestine Rose
National Women's History Month Honoree
(1810-1892) ~ Suffragist, Reformer
Rose joined Stanton and others in 1840 fighting for passage in New York of the married women's property bill which took 20 years to be passed in full. In 1850, she called for 'political, legal, and social equality with man.' Her lectures included themes of anti-slavery, temperance and freedom of thought. Anthony wrote that the suffrage movement pioneers 'begin with Mary Wollstonecraft—then Frances Wright—then Ernestine L. Rose.'