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  1. Jun 13, 2024 · Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, born in 1842 in Boston, began her activism by recruiting Black men to join the Union Army during the Civil War. She served on the board of several charities before turning her attention to advocating for Black women in the 1890s.

  2. Jun 29, 2024 · Timeline. In the wake of Plessy v. Ferguson and increasing racial terror in the South, tens of thousands of Black people made their way North to Boston during the period known as the Great Migration. Migrants traveling to Boston frequently took one of the trains heading up the East Coast.

  3. Jun 21, 2024 · Ruffin supported womens suffrage and joined with Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone to form the American Women Suffrage Association in 1869 and saw suffrage as a step toward the equality of...

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  4. Jun 25, 2024 · Josephine St. Pierre begins The Women’s Era. The Women’s Era was the first newspaper published specifically for Black American women. During its seven year run, the publication highlighted the accomplishments of Black women, advocated for their rights as well as an end to social and racial injustice.

  5. Jun 25, 2024 · The revolutionary idea that a black woman might enjoy a full life without ever being a mother was presented in Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin's magazine The Woman's Era. Knowledge was secretly shared among clubwomen regarding how to find practitioners offering illegal medical or traditional abortion services.

  6. Jun 27, 2024 · The proposed book would be divided into three parts: 1: The Shortening Shadow: The American Negro in the 20th Century; 2: End of Slumber: The Emergence of African Nations; and 3: Black Man's Looking Glass: The Negro Press and ANP (p. 2). Article on future of the civil rights movement, and biographical sketch, Rustin, Bayard , Biographies, 1965.

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  8. 6 days ago · Josephine de Beauharnais was Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife and empress of the French. The Bonaparte's had a tempestuous 14 year marriage and he divorced her because she didn't produce a male heir. At their "divorce ceremony" he expressed his devotion to her.

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