Ruby Timms Price
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Ruby Timms Price (December 13, 1915 – March 17, 2018) was an American educator and activist. She is considered to be the first Black teach 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
- ^ a b 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d "Ruby Timms Price". Better Days Curriculum. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ "Ruby Price Obituary 2018". Lindquist Mortuary. Retrieved 2022-03-10.