The Woman's Era

For the fortnightly Indian magazine, see Woman's Era.
The Woman's Era
May 1, 1894 issue featuring Victoria Earle Matthews
EditorJosephine St. Pierre Ruffin
FrequencyMonthly
FormatPrint
FounderJosephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Founded1894
Final issue1897
CountryUnited States
Based in103 Charles Street
Boston, Massachusetts
LanguageEnglish

The Woman's Era was the first national newspaper published by and for black women in the United States. Originally established as a monthly Boston newspaper, it became distributed nationally in 1894 and ran until January 1897, with Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin as editor and publisher.[1] The Woman's Era played an important role in the national African American women's club movement.

  1. ^ Rodger Streitmatter (2015). Raising Her Voice: African-American Women Journalists Who Changed History. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 62–69. ISBN 978-0-8131-4905-9.