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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. 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. Her mother was a white woman from England and her father was a Black man born on the Caribbean ...
Parent (s) John St. Pierre. Elizabeth Matilda Menhenick. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (née St. Pierre; August 31, 1842 – March 13, 1924 [1]) 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.
May 29, 2020 · So, with a lineage and resume like this, why don’t we know about Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin? Josephine was an ardent suffragist, and I was happy to learn about her when I researched my book, Women Win the Vote! 19 for the 19th Amendment. Like many suffragists, Josephine came first to the abolition cause.
Nov 5, 2020 · When her husband died in 1886 at 52, Ruffin used her financial inheritance to launch the Woman’s Era, the nation’s first newspaper published by and for African American women. From 1890 to ...
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was born in Boston on August 31, 1842 to a white mother from England and a Black father from Martinique. Her father, a founder of the Boston Zion Church, owned a clothing business that made him a wealthy and well-known member of the community. Ruffin attended school in nearby Salem until the Boston schools integrated ...
Feb 3, 2016 · Young Josephine was reared in a home of refinement, culture and comparative luxury. She was born in Boston on August 31, 1842, the sixth of nine children. Her father, John St. Pierre, was a Martiniquais clothier of French, Indian and African ancestry, and her mother, Eliza Mahinnick, was an Englishwoman from Cornwall.
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Most known for her work as a suffragist and women’s rights activist, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin also supported the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. Her earliest public service dates to the Civil War, during which Ruffin recruited African American men for the 54th and 55th Massachusetts infantry regiments.
