Blanche Williams Stubbs (1872 – 1952) was an American civil rights activist and suffragist.
She was the daughter of a successful barber, and Blanche moved with her family as they relocated to Philadelphia in 1900.
[1] Possibly inspired by her father's profession and her siblings (several of whom went on to work in the medical field),[1] Blanche attended Howard University, graduating in 1892,[2] and later moved to Wilmington, Delaware, to teach at a local high school.
While in Wilmington she married Dr. J. Bacon Stubbs, a fellow Howard alumnus.
[1][3][4] In addition to her work as a teacher, Blanche was active in her community; she assisted in founding the Equal Suffrage Study Club and the Garrett Settlement House (a black orphanage and community center), campaigned for women's suffrage in Delaware, and supported the overturning of the State of Delaware's segregation laws.