This time in First Names First Ruth. Another biblical name like the one we had two weeks ago, Seth. Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about the person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them!
Ruth Gordon* actress /screenwriter/playwright – Quincy, MA USA (1896)
Ruth Page* ballerina/ choreographer – Indianapolis, IN USA (1899)
Ruth Andreas-Friedrich* (b Andreas) social worker/journalist/ involved in the resistance to Nazism – Berlin, German Empire (1901)
Ruth Graves Wakefield* chef/ inventor of chocolate chip cookie – Easton, MA USA (1903)
Ruth Frith* (b Pursehouse) sports officiator/centenarian masters athlete – Goulburn, NSW Australia (1909)
Ruth Gruber* journalist/ photographer/humanitarian – New York City, NY USA (1911)
Ruth Hussey* actress – Providence, RI USA (1911)
Ruth A.M. Schmidt* geologist/ paleontologist – Broolyn, NY USA (1916)
Ruth Kaarlela* social worker/university professor/of Finnish descent – Keweenaw Bay, MI USA (1919)
Ruth Williams Khama* wife of Botswana’s first president Sir Seretse Khama/First Lady – Blackheath, London, England (1923)
Ruth Bradley Holmes* American polyglot/teacher (Cherokee)/to U.S. at age 13 – Beijing, Republic of China (1924)
Ruth Ellis* model/nightclub hostess/last woman hanged in UK – Rhyl, Wales (1926)
Ruth Westheimer* German-American sex therapist/media personality – Karlstadt, Germany (1928)
Ruth Rendell* mystery writer – South Woodford, Essex, England (1930) pic
Ruth Paine* (b Hyde) friend of Marina Oswald who was living with her at the time of the JFK assassination – New York City, NY USA (1932)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg* associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States – Brooklyn, NY USA (1933)
Ruth Madoc* actress – Norwich, Norfolk, England (1943)
Ruth Fuchs* (b Gamm) athlete (javelin/OG)/politician – Egeln, Allied occupied Germany
Ruth Lawrence* mathematician – Brighton, England (1971)
Updated 29.12.2022