Ruth Hamilton
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Ruth Hamilton was one of America's first female radio talk show hosts, and the first woman ever to win a seat in the New Hampshire
legislature. Hamilton was elected twice to the New Hampshire legislature, from 1964 to 1973. She was instrumental in passing laws that shut down orphanages and made littering a crime in that state. She wrote many newspaper articles, travelogues and letters to the editor as well as her memoirs, entitled "The Hamilton Saga." She worked for a time in real estate and also had a great interest in antiques and restoring old homes.
Born in Alta, Iowa
, she was married to Carter Hamilton, who set a single game strikeout record playing baseball for the University of Iowa and was a member of the 1920 World Series
winning Cleveland Indians
. He became a prominent radiologist and died in 1949. Ruth had been a widow ever since.
Hamilton was a world traveler well into her 90s and lectured all across the country. In her final years, she lived in an assisted living center in Central Florida and, as Ruth1898, was a member of Growing Bolder, a social networking web site. Ruth was thus touted in the media as the "world's oldest blogger", after a younger woman, 108-year-old Olive Riley
of Australia, had been previously touted.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
legislature. Hamilton was elected twice to the New Hampshire legislature, from 1964 to 1973. She was instrumental in passing laws that shut down orphanages and made littering a crime in that state. She wrote many newspaper articles, travelogues and letters to the editor as well as her memoirs, entitled "The Hamilton Saga." She worked for a time in real estate and also had a great interest in antiques and restoring old homes.
Born in Alta, Iowa
Alta, Iowa
Alta is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,865 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Alta is located at . It is located 6 miles from the city of Storm Lake...
, she was married to Carter Hamilton, who set a single game strikeout record playing baseball for the University of Iowa and was a member of the 1920 World Series
World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
winning Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
. He became a prominent radiologist and died in 1949. Ruth had been a widow ever since.
Hamilton was a world traveler well into her 90s and lectured all across the country. In her final years, she lived in an assisted living center in Central Florida and, as Ruth1898, was a member of Growing Bolder, a social networking web site. Ruth was thus touted in the media as the "world's oldest blogger", after a younger woman, 108-year-old Olive Riley
Olive Riley
Olive Riley was an Australian woman, born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, believed for a time to have been the world's oldest blogger...
of Australia, had been previously touted.
External links
- Archives of the Ruth Hamilton collection at the University of IowaUniversity of IowaThe University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
- Obituary from the Seminole Herald
- Biodata