Ruby Timms Price
Ruby Timms Price | |||
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| Born | December 3, 1915 Kilgore | ||
| Died | March 17, 2018 (aged 102) | ||
| Nationality | American | ||
| Citizenship | United States of America | ||
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University. | ||
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| Spouse(s) | Ralph Price Sr. | ||
Ruby Timms Price (December 13, 1915 – March 17, 2018) was an American educator and activist. She is considered to be the first Black teacher in Utah.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Kilgore, Texas to parents Levy and Polly Douglas Timms, Ruby Timms moved to Layton, Utah at a young age.[2] She married Ralph Price Sr. on November 29, 1948 in Evanston, Wyoming.[3] Price received her Master's Degree from Brigham Young University.[2]
Career
Price began teaching at the Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City, Utah in 1950.[2] Afterwards, she was hired by the Davis County School District in the 1960s. She taught for 44 years[1]
Price served as the first president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Ogden, Utah.
Although she served as a chairperson of the Davis County Republican Party, she campaigned for Barack Obama in 2008.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Klopfenstein, Jacob; March 23, KSL com | Posted-; A.m, 2018 at 10:02. "Layton's 'Grandma Ruby,' thought to be Utah's 1st black teacher, dies at 102". www.ksl.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Ruby Timms Price". Better Days Curriculum. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ↑ "Ruby Price Obituary 2018". Lindquist Mortuary. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
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