Drifting Leaves by Margaret Ellen Henry Ruffin

Drifting Leaves by Margaret Ellen Henry Ruffin

Margaret Ellen Henry Ruffin

1857-1941

Margaret Ellen Henry Ruffin was born in Daphne, Alabama. She received her education at the Immaculate Conception School and Visitation Convent in Mobile, Alabama, before graduating from St. Joseph's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 1877. Ruffin was a writer and poet. She was also president of Catholic Knights and Ladies of America, Branch No. 130. In 1907, she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by St. Joseph's College. Ruffin passed away in 1941.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://alabamaauthors.org

1884

Drifting Leaves. New York; Catholic Publishing Society, 1884.

AL Book Collection

Ruffin, Margaret Ellen Henry, “Drifting Leaves by Margaret Ellen Henry Ruffin,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://www.alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24920.