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She traveled to Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and finally England.

Her arrival in England was less than smooth, however, as the ship in which she was sailing wrecked.

Although Rose did make it to England safely, all her possessions had been destroyed, and she found herself destitute.

In order to support herself, she sought work as a teacher in the languages of German and Hebrew and she continued to sell her room deodorizers.

While in England, she met Robert Owen, a Utopian socialist, who was so impressed by her that he invited her to speak in a large hall for radical speakers.

In spite of her limited knowledge of English, the audience was so impressed that from then on her appearances were regular.

She and Owen were close friends, and she even helped him to found the Association of All Classes of All Nations, a group that espoused human rights for all people of all nations, sexes, races and classes.

During her time there she also met William Ella Rose, a Christian jeweler and silversmith, an Englishman and an " Owenite ".

They were soon married by a civil magistrate, and both made it plain that they considered the marriage a civil contract rather than a religious one.