“But who has heard of the Pilgrim Mothers?”

— Ernestine Rose, Speech at the 1850 National Woman's Rights Convention, Worcester, Massachusetts

About Ernestine Rose

1810 – 1892

Polish-born American suffragist and abolitionist, a leading advocate of women's rights.

“In proportion to power is responsibility.”

“Loyal means to be true to one's highest conviction.”

“It was a great mistake to say that God made man in his image.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”