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

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]

Legacy

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]

References
  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. "Ruby Timms Price". Better Days Curriculum. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  3. "Ruby Price Obituary 2018". Lindquist Mortuary. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  4. "Ruby Jewell Timms Price – Utah Mothers Association". Retrieved 2022-04-25.


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