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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (née St. Pierre; August 31, 1842 – March 13, 1924) was a publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, abolitionist, and editor of the Woman's Era, the first national newspaper published by and for African American women.
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (born Aug. 31, 1842, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died March 13, 1924, Boston) was an American community leader who was active in the women’s rights movement and particularly in organizing African American women around issues of civic and cultural development.
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An activist at heart, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin assumed many public roles throughout her life, from publisher and clubwoman to community leader and national organizer.
Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Prominent Woman of Boston, Leader of the Club Movement Among Colored Women, 1900. New York Public Library. Josephine St. Pierre was born on August 31, 1842 into a wealthy Boston family.
Jan 18, 2007 · Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, 1902. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was born into one of Boston’s leading families on August 31, 1842. St. Pierre’s mother was an English-born white woman and her father was from the island of Martinique, and founder of the Boston Zion Church.
Jan 29, 2007 · Ruffin, a black women's rights activist and founder of the Women's Era Club, addressed the first National Conference of Colored Women in Boston in 1895. She argued for the importance of organizing, educating and asserting the dignity of African American women in the face of racism and stereotypes.
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) journalist, civil rights leader. Ruffin was born August 31, 1842 into one of Boston's leading black families. In 1858, at the age of 15, she became...
