# Ruth Hartley Mosley

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Not to be confused with [Ruth Hartley](/source/Ruth_Hartley) or [Ruth Price](/source/Ruth_Price).

Ruth Hartley Mosley Born Ruth Price (1886-09-23)September 23, 1886 Savannah, Georgia Died August 14, 1975(1975-08-14) (aged 88) Savannah, Georgia Resting place Linwood Cemetery Occupations Nurse entrepreneur mortician Spouses Richard Hartley ​ ​ (m. 1917; death 1931)​ Fischer Mosley ​ ​ (m. 1937; death 1975)​

**Ruth Price Hartley Mosley** (September 23, 1886 – August 14, 1975) was an American [nurse](/source/Nurse), businesswoman, and civil rights activist. In 1910, she became the first black woman to be the head of a nursing department.[1] Mosley was also one of the first women to be licensed as an [embalmer](/source/Embalmer).

Ruth Price was born on September 23, 1886 in [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia); her father was a bootmaker and her mother was a dressmaker.[2][3] After finishing high school, Mosley studied nursing in [Concord, North Carolina](/source/Concord%2C_North_Carolina) and at [Provident Hospital](/source/Provident_Hospital_of_Cook_County) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago). She went on to work at the [Georgia State Sanitarium](/source/Georgia_State_Sanitarium) in [Milledgeville](/source/Milledgeville%2C_Georgia), where she was appointed head of the "Colored Females Department" in 1910.[4]

After she married Richard Hartley in 1917, the couple moved to Macon, where Mosley became one of the first women to be a licensed embalmer in order to help him with his work running a newly purchased funeral home — Hartley's saloon had been forced to close due to the [Volstead Act](/source/Volstead_Act).[4] After Hartley's death on October 1, 1931, she married Fischer Mosley in 1937 and worked as a nurse for the [Bibb County](/source/Bibb_County%2C_Georgia) school system. At one point, she owned over 100 rental properties.[5] Fischer died on May 12, 1975.[6]

Mosley was part of Macon's [NAACP](/source/NAACP) chapter, and was a founding member of the Booker T. Washington Community Center. She also enjoyed playing [bridge](/source/Contract_bridge).[3]

Mosley died in Savannah on August 14, 1975.[7] She left money to establish the Ruth Hartley Mosley Memorial Fund and the Ruth Hartley Mosley Memorial Women's Center.[5][8] Mosley was added to the [Georgia Women of Achievement](/source/Georgia_Women_of_Achievement) in 1994.[4][5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wmaz-22_1-0)** ["Central Georgia Black History: Ruth Hartley Mosley, 1st Black woman to lead a nursing department"](https://www.13wmaz.com/video/news/local/black-history/central-georgia-black-history-ruth-hartley-mosley-1st-black-woman-to-lead-a-nursing-department/93-e7301bcd-b780-4c1a-85ef-fdaf7d8e2d08). *[13WMAZ](/source/13WMAZ)*. February 3, 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mm-22_2-0)** Thomas Jr., Clarence W. (May 2022). ["Black places and spaces: InTown's proud legacy as a center of Black culture"](https://maconmagazine.com/black-places-and-spaces-intowns-proud-legacy-as-a-center-of-black-culture/). Macon Magazine. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hmf-hopkins_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hmf-hopkins_3-1) Hopkins, Emily (February 4, 2016). ["Ruth Hartley Mosley Memorial Women's Center"](http://www.historicmacon.org/wwwhistoricmaconorg/blog/2016/5/11/ruth-hartley-mosley-memorial-womens-center). Historic Macon Foundation.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-rhmc-about_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-rhmc-about_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-rhmc-about_4-2) ["Ruth Hartley Mosley"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170619143213/http://ruthhartleymosleycenter.com/about.htm). Ruth Hartley Mosley Center. Archived from [the original](http://ruthhartleymosleycenter.com/about.htm) on 2017-06-19. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hmf-brown-19_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hmf-brown-19_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-hmf-brown-19_5-2) Brown, Oby (September 6, 2019). ["'You are as good as anyone'"](http://www.historicmacon.org/wwwhistoricmaconorg/blog/tag/Ruth+Hartley+Mosley). Historic Macon Foundation.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-usgw_6-0)** Allen, James W. ["Ruth Price Hartley Mosley"](http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/photos/tombstones/linwood/mosley6673ph.txt). USGW Archives. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-macons-black-heritage-97_7-0)** [*Macon's Black Heritage: The Untold Story*](https://archive.org/details/macons-black-heritage_202308). The Tubman African American Museum. 1997.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mt-dunlap-16_8-0)** Dunlap, Stanley (December 29, 2016). ["Women's center in Macon paved way for many"](https://www.macon.com/news/local/article123538519.html). *[Macon Telegraph](/source/Macon_Telegraph)*. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

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