Good morning POU Family! Continuing with the morning open thread theme, today I am highlighting another influential women's club member. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (August 31, 1842 – March 13, 1924) was an African-American publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor of the Woman's Era, the first national newspaper … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Women’s Club Movement
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Wednesday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Good Morning POU! We continue looking at trailblazing publications for and by African Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Again, "nothing new under the sun"...as you will see with today's post. The Woman's Era was the first national newspaper published by and for African-American women. It was founded in 1886 by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, who served as its editor … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Wednesday Open Thread: African American Suffragists
HAPPY HUMPDAY P.O.U.! We continue our look at African American Women in the Suffrage Movement... JOSEPHINE ST. PIERRE RUFFIN (August 31, 1842 – March 13, 1924) Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (August 31, 1842 – March 13, 1924) was an (African-American publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor of Women’s Era, the first newspaper published by and for … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African American Suffragists