When she turned 21, Ruth ’s father took her to register for vote. In this clip, she recounts how she became a Democrat and why she voted for Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
When Ruth was on the Board of Business and Professional Women, she urged the Charlotte City Council to appoint a woman to the Council. Although she gave them a list of women she felt would want to serve, they chose her, much to her surprise, as she relates in this clip.
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