Ruth Charlotte Ellis
Ruth Charlotte Ellis [1899-2000] printmaker, businesswoman, 🏳️🌈 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.
