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): Alexei Mikhnov • Altiero Spinelli • Charl Schwartzel • Clay Hensley • Danny Litwhiler • Dee Bradley Baker • Hideo Nomo • Holger Osieck • Kirstie Allsopp • Luca Cordero di Montezemolo • Mabel Matiz • Magnus Ilmjärv • Miguel Ángel Guerra • Mohammed bin Salman

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