‘”Agitate! Agitate!’ ought to be the motto of every reformer.” -Ernestine Rose

Ernestine Rose

“‘Agitate! Agitate!’ ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation — the one is life, the other death.” Ernestine Rose, March 28, 1860

Happy birthday to Ernestine Potowska Rose, born January 13, 1810.

Ernestine Rose is one of the suffragists featured in the first Ask a Suffragist book, Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists, launching in Spring 2019.

Buy Ask a Suffragist on Amazon.

Order Ask a Suffragist from your local independent Bookstore.

Support Independent Bookstores - Visit IndieBound.org

Buy Ask a Suffragist audiobook

Large Print Edition

is available on Amazon or Indiebound.

Celebrate with us! Sign up for the Centennial Celebration Email List to get inspiring quotes from the first wave feminist movement and other social media shareables honoring women in history. You'll also get a FREE Illustrated Companion for your book club or activist group!

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required
Learn more about the Centennial Celebration Email List.

Book April as a motivational speaker for your event.

April Young Bennett

April Young Bennett is the author of the Ask a Suffragist book series, host of the Religious Feminism Podcast and a writer for the Exponent II. For more information about April, see aprilyoungb.com

You may also like...

'"Agitate! Agitate!' ought to be the motto of every reformer." -Ernestine Rose