Ruth Charlotte Ellis
Ruth Charlotte Ellis β£β£[1899-2000] β£β£ printmaker, businesswoman, π³οΈβπ activist, the original Ms. Off-set.β£
Ruth Charlotte Ellis was born in Springfield Illinois. β£β£β£She graduated high school in 1919, when a reported 7% of African Americans graduated. Later, she became the first African American woman to own an off-set printing business in Detroit. She lived proudly for 101 years.
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