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   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.

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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 ...

4. educatingfordemocracy.education.virginia.eduJOSEPHINE ST. PIERRE RUFFIN

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   Background Information. Born: August 31, 1842; Died: March 13, 1924. St. Pierre was born the youngest of six children and raised in Boston, Massachusetts.1 Her father was the founder of the Boston Zion Church, and her family was one of Boston’s leading families at the time.2 Despite living in Boston, she attended public school in Salem, as ...

5. amsterdamnews.com › news › 2020/11/05Josephine Ruffin, Women’s Club Pioneer - New York Amsterdam ...

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   Nov 5, 2020 · Josephine Ruffin, Women’s Club Pioneer by Herb Boyd November 5, 2020 March 11, 2022. Share this: ... Born in Boston, Massachusetts on Aug. 31, 1842, Ruffin was the child of John St. Pierre, of ...

6. www.oxfordreference.com › abstract › 10Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre - Oxford Reference

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   (1842–1924),African American women's rights activist and editor. As one of the most influential movers of the African American women's club movement that worked for racial uplift, the feminist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin was one of the first Americans publicly to address black women's unique role at the intersection of race and gender.

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   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 the wife ...

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   • Ruffin was born August 31, 1842 into one of Boston's leading black families. In 1858, at the age of 15, she became the wife of George Lewis Ruffin, the first African American to graduate from Harvard Law School. During the Civil War Ruffin was involved in various civil rights causes, charity work, and the women's suffrage movement.

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   What did Elizabeth Ruffin do during the Civil War?

   • During the Civil War Ruffin was involved in various civil rights causes, charity work, and the women's suffrage movement. In 1879 she established the Boston Kansas Relief Association, a charity organization that provided food and clothing to black Bostonians who were migrating to Kansas.

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   • Josephine raised money for the Association with contributions from wealthy Bostonians. These funds were used to provide migrants with money, clothing, and other necessities.

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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.