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]
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]
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]
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. [4]
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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 teacher in the state of Utah, in the United States. [1]
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]
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]
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. [4]
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