Florida Ruffin Ridley | |
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| Born | Florida Yates Ruffin January 29, 1861 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | February 25, 1943 (aged 82) Toledo, Ohio, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, writer |
| Known for | Civil rights activism |
| Spouse |
Ulysses A. Ridley
(m. 1888; died 1933) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin George Lewis Ruffin |
Florida Ruffin Ridley (born Florida Yates Ruffin; January 29, 1861 – February 25, 1943)[1] was an African-American civil rights activist, suffragist, teacher, writer, and editor from Boston, Massachusetts. She was one of the first black public schoolteachers in Boston, and edited The Woman's Era, the country's first newspaper published by and for African-American women.
- ^ Emerson, Dorothy May; Edwards, June; Knox, Helene (2000). Standing Before Us: Unitarian Universalist Women and Social Reform, 1776-1936. Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. ISBN 9781558963801.