Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin 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.

31 August 1842

Born on the same birth day (31 August): Ann Coffey • Anna Karnaukh • Christopher Katongo • Debbie Gibson • DuBose Heyward • Félix-Antoine Savard • Gino Lucetti • Isao Aoki • Jeff Russo • Mickie James • Rick Roberts (musician) • Robert Bacher • Serge Blanco • Stephen Cottrell • Trent Hodkinson • Tsai Ing-wen • Tyler Randell (rugby league)

Born in the same month (August 1842): Alfred Shaw • Charles Wells (brewer) • Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia • Jakob Rosanes