Ruth Pickering Pinchot

Ruth Pickering Pinchot (born Ruth Pickering; 1893–1984) was an American writer, critic, and activist.^[1]

Early life

Ruth Pickering was born in 1893 in

Ruth contributed to primarily left leaning publications such as The Masses, The Nation and The New Republic.^[1] As a writer for The Nation, Ruth authored an essay reflecting on the development of her own views of feminism as part of a series called "These Modern Women," which published over 1926 and 1927. She was an advocate of birth control and a suffragette. Early in her career, Ruth frequently wrote about the labor movement.^[4] Along with her husband Amos she became involved with the political group the Committee of 48.^[5] By the late 1920s, Ruth became an art and dance critic, leaving behind many of the topics covered earlier in her career.^[4]

Although Ruth was known as a left-leaning writer early in her career, her politics began to shift to the right in 1930s. Her objections to

In August 1919, Ruth married Amos Pinchot.^[3] Amos had been a frequent visitor of the communal house which Ruth shared with other writers.^[2] With Amos Pinchot she had two daughters, Antoinette Pinchot Bradlee (1924–2011) and Mary Pinchot Meyer.^[1][6]

Amos, Ruth, and Gifford and Cornelia Pinchot donated the former Pinchot family home to Milford, Pennsylvania, on July 1, 1924. The donated home was turned into a local branch of the Pike County Library.^[7]

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