Stokes, Rose Pastor (1879-1933)

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Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, August 15, 1904

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, April 7, 1905

Jane Addams to James Graham Phelps Stokes, December 28, 1907

Study of Public Record of Miss Jane Addams, May 17, 1927

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Birth Date

1879-07-18

Death Date

1933-06-20

Birthplace

Augustova, Poland

Biographical Text

Rose Pastor Stokes, born Rose Wieslander, was a Polish Jew who moved to Cleveland, Ohio, with her family to flee the pogroms. She initially worked in a sweatshop and cigar factory to support her mother and siblings. After writing letters to the Jewish Daily News, she was offered a position at the newspaper, allowing her to move to New York City. Her marriage there to J. G. Phelps Stokes, a progressive member of the New York elite, gave her opportunity to become an activist for workers, particularly with regards to their access to birth control. Stokes died in 1933 of a malignant breast tumor.

Stokes married J. G. Phelps Stokes in 1905. They divorced in 1925. She then married Jerome Isaac Romaine in 1929.

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Birth control activist

Factory worker

Journalist

Labor activist

Social reform activist

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

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Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1904

Bibliography and Links

Brawley, Edward Allan. “Rose Pastor: A Progressive-Era Hero of the 99 Percent.” Tikkun. April 19, 2012. Accessed August 15, 2016.

Rosenbaum, Judith. "Rose Pastor Stokes." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 20 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. Accessed August 15, 2016.

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“Stokes, Rose Pastor (1879-1933),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 18, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/770.