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[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.
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1842
Born: August 31
Died: 1924
Died: March 13
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Suffragette
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Boston
Massachusetts
J. St. P. Ruffin
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