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.
Josephine St. Pierre RuffinIf laws are unjust, they must be continually broken until they are altered.
Josephine St. Pierre RuffinWe are justified in believing that the success of this movement for equality of the sexes means more progress toward equality of the races.
Josephine St. Pierre RuffinWe need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends.
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin