Emma S. Connor Ransom (August 8, 1864 — May 15, 1943) was an American educator and clubwoman, active in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and the YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association).

She spoke to the annual meeting of the Woman's Mite Missionary Society in Cleveland in 1895, about mission work by African-American women in Africa.

[2] She addressed the Illinois Federation of Colored Women's Clubs in 1903, speaking on voting rights.

She spoke to the Equal Suffrage League in Brooklyn in 1908, at the invitation of Verina Morton Jones.

[1][12] The program's residential component, including a cafeteria, meeting spaces, and an auditorium, was named the Emma Ransom House in her honor.