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A profile of Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, co-founder of the Women's Era Club and the Boston chapter of the NAACP as well as the founder of the first newspape...
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Born: August 31, 1842, Boston, MADied: March 13, 1924 (age 81 years), Boston, MAChildren: Florida Ruffin RidleySpouse: George Lewis Ruffin (m. 1858–1886)Pare...
It was the first Black women’s organization in Boston. The club discussed topics like politics and literature, provided scholarships to Black women, and helped Boston’s Black residents live better. Josephine was the president of the Woman’s Era Club until 1903.
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.
A civil rights advocate, suffragist, clubwoman, and newspaper publisher, Boston’s Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin is best known for founding the Woman’s Era Club and convening the first-ever National Conference of Colored Women in 1895.
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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.
