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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket

Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket
Boston, United States

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) was a recruiter for the 54th Regiment as a young woman and became a leading women's club organizer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This portrait is from a newspaper clipping in a scrapbook, possibly from the Boston Daily Globe, July 29, 1895

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  • Title: Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
  • Rights: No known rights restrictions. Credit: Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket, 2004.04.361
  • Medium: Newspaper
  • Collection: Freedom Rising Civil War Collection
Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket

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