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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

1842 - 1924

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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (née St. Pierre; August 31, 1842 – March 13, 1924) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin is the 657th most popular social activist (down from 524th in 2024), the 12,217th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,506th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin ranks 657 out of 840. Before her are Mukhtar Mai, Tank Man, Jared Taylor, Norma Cruz, William Smith O'Brien, and Jadav Payeng. After her are Medha Patkar, Fannie Lou Hamer, Harry Hay, Samuel Gompers, Wang Dan, and Nirmala Deshpande.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin ranks 102. Before her are Charles Lapworth, Josef Labor, Mary MacKillop, Alexander Voeikov, Henry Hyndman, and Elliott Coues. After her are Phoebe Hearst, and Sidney Lanier. Among people deceased in 1924, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin ranks 130. Before her are Louise Rayner, Rafael López Gutiérrez, Maurice Prendergast, Sándor Bródy, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Isabella Stewart Gardner. After her are Samuel Gompers, Sabine Baring-Gould, and Cecil Sharp.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin ranks 108. Before her are Alva Belmont (1853), Lillian Wald (1867), Frank Kameny (1925), Lucy Burns (1879), Karen Silkwood (1946), and Ryan White (1971). After her are Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), Phoebe Hearst (1842), Mario Savio (1942), Virginia Giuffre (1983), Air Force Amy (1970), and Juliette Gordon Low (1860).

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