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Ruth Collie, née Ruth Jacobs, (November 1888 – March 6, 1936) was an English-born poet who started her writing career in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was also known under her pen names Wilhelmina Stitch and Sheila Rand .
TAT-9 was the 9th transatlantic telephone cable system, in operation from 1992 to 2004, operating at 560 Mbit/s (80,000 telephone circuits) between Europe (Goonhilly, United Kingdom; Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, France; Conil de la Frontera, Spain) and North America (Manahawkin, United States; Pennant Point, Nova Scotia, Canada). [1]
I recently come into posession of a brass token approximately 1 and 1/2 inches in diameter imprinted with the words " Silver Dollar Hotel, Denver, Colo" written around the outer perimeter is, "GOOD FOR ONE SCREW" in the center, followed in smaller type, "MADAME RUTH JACOBS, Prop.
Ruth Jacobsen (8 April 1932 - 19 February 2019) was a German-born lesbian artist and a Hidden Child of the Holocaust. During the Second World War , she fled with her parents to the Netherlands where she was hidden by the Dutch resistance until she was reunited with her parents towards the end of the war.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat (born April 17, 1960) is an American history professor and political commentator. She is a scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders. [ 1 ] Ben-Ghiat is professor of history and Italian studies at New York University .
Have a Good Time is a live album by the American R&B singer Ruth Brown, released in 1988. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Her first album for Fantasy Records , it was a factor in Brown's late 1980s career resurgence. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
"5-10-15 Hours" is a rhythm-and-blues song written by Rudy Toombs in 1952 for Ruth Brown and was one of several number-one R&B hits he wrote for her. [1] When Brown was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , her induction said that "her best work was to be found on such red-hot mid-Fifties R&B sides as '5-10-15 Hours'".
Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer (September 23, 1950 – August 8, 1998) was a quadriplegic and American disability rights activist. She is best known for her autobiography I Raise My Eyes to Say Yes , co-authored with Steven B. Kaplan.