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Florida Ruffin Ridley

American civil rights activist, teacher, editor and writer · United States · On the map · Activists · Lived 1861 to 1943 · aged 82

Florida Ruffin Ridley 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.

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United States
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1861 to 1943 · aged 82