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In personal appearance Mrs. Ruffin bears the reputation of being one of the handsomest women of Boston, her regular, commanding features, abundant black hair (now plentifully sprinkled with gray) and olive complexion making a noticeable and pleasing appearance.

CHAPTER XXXV.

THE GREAT PART TAKEN BY THE WOMEN OF THE WEST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE A. M. E. CHURCH.

In reviewing the annals of our past history we can discover no agency that has contributed more to the moral and religious development of the colored women of the United States than that of African Methodism. To her it was an open door by which to enter the arena