Ruth Charlotte Ellis

Ruth Charlotte Ellis ⁣⁣[1899-2000] ⁣⁣ printmaker, businesswoman, πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ activist, the original Ms. Off-set.⁣

Ruth Charlotte Ellis was born in Springfield Illinois. ⁣⁣⁣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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Ruth running a press circa 1940s.⁣

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