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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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Eliza Gardner became one of the founding members of the...
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The Woman's Era magazine was founded and edited by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, beginning in 1890. It was the first periodical published by and for African American women. In 1894, Ruffin...
George Ruffin; Spouse: George Lewis Ruffin (1858–1886) Notable work: The Woman's Era; Award received: ... Media in category "Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin"
Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Prominent Woman of Boston, Leader of the Club Movement Among Colored Women Collection. A new Negro for a new century: an accurate and up-to-date record of the upward struggles of the Negro race.
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, publishing the The Women’s Era newspaper, and convening the first-ever National Conference of Colored Women in 1895.
Jul 31, 2020 · In 1892, Boston activist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin founded the Woman’s Era Club, an advocacy group for black women, with the help of her daughter, Florida Ruffin Ridley, and educator Maria Louise Baldwin. It was the first black women’s club in Boston, and one of the first in the country.
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) was a recruiter for the 54th Regiment as a young woman and became a leading women's club organizer of the late 19th...
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