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): Ahmad Al Harthy • Cédric Soares • Debbie Gibson • Frank Jarvis (athlete) • George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol • Masashi Tashiro • Sandis Valters • Susan Gritton • Valter Biiber • Vladimir Jankélévitch • Zsolt Borkai

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