Julia Ringwood Coston (c. 1863 – June 1, 1931) was a 19th-century African American publisher and magazine editor.

In 1891, she founded Ringwood's Afro-American Journal of Fashion, the first illustrated paper for black women.

[5] Accepting the position as governess in the family of a general of the United States Army, she found time and received both assistance and encouragement to continue her studies.

"[4] As a girl, Coston reportedly longed to see a images and stories of people of color in magazines, leading her to establish Ringwood's Journal.

The injury of the absence of the cultivating influence which attaches to a purely published, illustrated journal devoted to the loving interests of our homes, and to the weal of our daughters, was felt by me when a girl, and is recognized by me now when a woman.