Mistress Of Herself

Susan B. Anthony hung a picture of her on her study wall. Elizabeth Cady Stanton publicly eulogised her invaluable contributions to the women's rights movement. Unique among her peers as an immigrant of Jewish background, celebrity orator Ernestine Rose won the title 'Queen of the Platform' for her brilliant speeches advocating, and linking together women's rights, the abolition of slavery, and religious freedom. The culmination of 20 years of research, "Mistress of Herself" chronicles Rose's journey as a 'founding mother' of the women's rights movement. Having dedicated much of her career to gathering and preserving the works found in this collection, Paula Doress-Worters has infused her passion and expertise into the preface, introduction, and headnotes of this volume. This first comprehensive collection of her extant papers reclaims Ernestine Rose's place in history alongside Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.