inventorBorn: 12 January 1916Best Known as: inventor of wrinkle-free cotton Ruth Benerito, a chemist, is widely known for her development of wrinkle-free cotton. She…
(Encyclopedia) Seeger, Ruth Crawford, 1901–53, American composer and folklorist, b. East Liverpool, Ohio, as Ruth Porter Crawford, studied American Conservatory, Chicago; stepmother of Pete Seeger…
Associate Justice of the Supreme CourtBorn: 3/15/1933Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1960 Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter was asked to consider hiring Ruth Bader Ginsburg as one of his law…
wife of Billy GrahamDied: June 14, 2007 (Montreat, North Carolina) Best Known as: wife and confidant of Reverend Billy Graham Wife and confidant of Reverend Billy…
(Encyclopedia) Benedict, Ruth Fulton, 1887–1948, American anthropologist, b. New York City, grad. Vassar, 1909, Ph.D. Columbia, 1923. She was a student and later a colleague of Franz Boas at Columbia…
THOMPSON, Ruth, a Representative from Michigan; born in Whitehall, Muskegon County, Mich., September 15, 1887; attended the public schools; graduated from Muskegon Business College, Muskegon,…
McCORMICK, Ruth Hanna, (daughter of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, wife of Joseph Medill McCormick and of Albert Gallatin Simms), a Representative from Illinois; born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 27, 1880…
OWEN, Ruth Bryan, (later Mrs. Borge Rohde, daughter of William Jennings Bryan), a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., October 2, 1885; educated in public…
PRATT, Ruth Sears Baker, a Representative from New York; born in Ware, Mass., August 24, 1877; attended private schools and Wellesley (Mass.) College; moved to Greenwich, Conn., in 1894 and to…
RUTH, Earl Baker, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Spencer, Rowan County, N.C., February 7, 1916; graduated from Central High School, Charlotte, N.C., 1934; A.B., University of…
