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Boston, Massachusetts. Date of Death: March 13, 1924. Place of Burial: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cemetery Name: Mount Auburn Cemetery. A plaque, inconspicuously attached to 103 Charles Street, recognizes the work of a significant Beacon Hill activist from the turn of the 20 th century, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin.
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Through the many clubs that were formed during this era, Black women attacked issues of racism, sexism, poverty, education, economics and socio-political empowerment simultaneously. One of the most important figures in this movement is Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, a woman who had her finger on the pulse of postbellum American society.
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 · Josephine was a journalist who founded the Women’s Era newspaper, the first newspaper written by and for black women in the United States. She later became editor of the Boston Courant , a black weekly paper.
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.
Ruffin, Josephine St. Pierre (1842–1924) African-American civic leader and reformer. Born Josephine St. Pierre in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 31, 1842; died in Boston on March 13, 1924; daughter of John St. Pierre (a clothing dealer) and Elizabeth (Menhenick) St. Pierre; educated at the Bowdoin School; married George Lewis Ruffin (a ...
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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 of George Lewis Ruffin, the first...
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