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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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   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.

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   Published Aug. 13, 2020 Updated Aug. 19, 2020; In March 2019, ... Lucy Stone, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Ida B. Wells-Barnett each had daughters who carried on their ...

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   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 ...

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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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   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.

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   Who was Josephine St Pierre Ruffin?

   • Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) was a leader in New England who started and maintained clubs for African-American women. She was also a suffragist, fought slavery, recruited African-American soldiers to fight for the North in the Civil War, and edited a magazine.

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   When did Josephine Ruffin become a member?

   • Josephine Ruffin became its first black member when she joined in the mid-1890s. Ruffin founded the first black woman's newspaper, The Woman's Era. She also wrote for the black weekly paper, The Courant, and became a member of the New England Woman's Press Association.

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   Who was Elizabeth Ruffin?

   • 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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   Who was George Lewis Ruffin?

   • At 16 years old, she married George Lewis Ruffin (1834–1886), who later became the first African American graduate from Harvard Law School, the first African American elected to the Boston City Council, and the first African American municipal judge.

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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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   What happened after Ruffin and Ridley founded the woman's era?

   • After Ruffin and Ridley founded the Woman’s Era, it would be another quarter-century before the 19th Amendment passed and women nationwide won the right to vote. And even then, many Black women would still be denied their rights for decades. In curating “Votes for Women,” I hoped to honor women like Ruffin and Ridley.

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9. 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.