Interview with Ruth Straus, February 24, 2022
Project: League of Women Voters Oral History Project
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Ruth Straus was born in Canada and immigrated to the U.S. with her Canadian father and American mother at the age of three. At the time of this interview, Ruth was 99 years old. Her mother was a member of the League of Women Voters in the 1920s. Her young adulthood was spent in Connecticut. When she moved to Kentucky in the 1950s, she began teaching and joined the Lexington League of Women Voters and is a longtime member.Interview Accession
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Straus, Ruth Interview by Madison Cissell. 24 Feb. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Straus, R. (2022, February 24). Interview by M. Cissell. League of Women Voters Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Straus, Ruth, interview by Madison Cissell. February 24, 2022, League of Women Voters Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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