Florida Ruffin Ridley
Florida Ruffin Ridley was born on January 29, 1861. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Florida Ruffin Ridley
Florida Ruffin Ridley (born Florida Yates Ruffin; January 29, 1861 – February 25, 1943) 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.