Josephine St Pierre Ruffin Inspirational Quotes (4)

Too long have we been silent under unjust and unholy charges we cannot expect to have them removed until we disprove them through ourselves.

All over America there is to be found a large and growing class of earnest, intelligent, progressive colored women . . . many of them warped and cramped for lack of opportunity, not only to do more but to be more.

We are justified in believing that the success of this movement for equality of the sexes means more progress toward equality of the races.

[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that are of especial interest to us as colored women.