Ruby Timms Price
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 the state of Utah, in the United States.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Kilgore, Texas to parents Levy and Polly Douglas Timms, Ruby Timms moved to Layton, Utah at a young age.[2][3] She married Ralph Price Sr. on November 29, 1948 in Evanston, Wyoming.[4] Price received her master's degree from Brigham Young University.[2]
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] In 1977, Price was named Utah Mother of the Year - the first black woman to receive the award.[2]
Price served as the first president of the Utah chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).[1]
Although she served as a chairperson of the Davis County Republican Party for four terms, she campaigned for Barack Obama in 2008.[2]
Legacy
[edit]In 2011, the Davis School District created four scholarships and named them after her. They are to be awarded to college-bound minority students who want to be teachers.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Klopfenstein, Jacob (March 23, 2018). "Layton's 'Grandma Ruby,' thought to be Utah's 1st black teacher, dies at 102". KSL.com. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Ruby Timms Price". Better Days Curriculum. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ↑ KUTV, Jamie McGriff (2022-08-26). "One of Utah's first Black educators remembered". KUTV. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ↑ "Ruby Price Obituary 2018". Lindquist Mortuary. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ↑ "Ruby Jewell Timms Price – Utah Mothers Association". Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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