WHO WAS ERNESTINE ROSE?
Famous in the 19th-century as a passionate feminist, abolitionist, and freethinker, ERNESTINE ROSE (1810-92),a Polish-born rabbi's daughter, was celebrated in her chosen country, the United States, as an outstanding activist orator speaking on women's rights before such a movement existed and when it was scandalous for women to speak in public. She has, until recently, been unjustly forgotten but her legacy is re-emerging. Recently, the Museum of the City of New York selected Ernestine Rose as one of the 400 most influential New Yorkers.
Invitation: Please join members of the Ernestine Rose Society, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Judson Church and Cultural Center, National Council of Jewish Women, New York chapter, and other co-sponsors TBA to celebrate the 200th Birthday of this tireless activist in her American home town.
JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH AND CULTURAL CENTER
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, at 2:30 p.m.
55 Washington Square South, Greenwich Village, New York, NY
Admission: FREE. Voluntary donations accepted.
Performance: Actress/playwright Janie Stockhamer will perform Ernestine Rose from her play, "Portraits from the Past: Jewish Women of Valor"
Panel of Speakers: Bonnie Anderson, Rosalyn Baxandall, Carol Kolmerten, and Paula Doress-Worters. All have written and lectured extensively on Rose. Q&A with panel
Intermission with time for book sales and signing.
Help yourself to birthday cake and seltzer for a toast in honor of Ernestine's 200th birthday. Then Small Group discussions on Activism for Social Justice facilitated by the panelists.
For more information on Ernestine Rose, go to the website of the Ernestine Rose Society: http://www.brandeis.edu/centers/wsrc/ernestinerose
For more information or to reserve for the event: firstname.lastname@example.org
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