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ERNESTINE LOUISE POLOWSKY was born in 1810 in Poland. Her mother died when Ernestine was still a young woman, which prompted her father, a rabbi, to arrange a marriage for her. Unwilling to marry, Ernestine fled to Berlin where she worked as a tutor and continued her studies. She traveled throughout Europe for several years, ultimately landing in England, where she met and married William Ella Rose. In 1836, the couple moved to New York. Ernestine immediately began knocking on doors to petition for married women's property rights along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Paulina Wright Davis. For the next thirty years, Ernestine Rose was an active campaigner on the lecture circuit. She traveled to over twenty-three states by railroad car and stagecoach, speaking in churches, barns and state legislatures. She was the only orator who addressed new immigrants in languages such as German and French. In 1869 the Roses returned to England. Ernestine continued working for the women's rights movement until her death on August 4, 1892.
