Suckow, Ruth, 1892-1960
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Author and pacifist.
From the description of Papers of Ruth Suckow, 1887-1988. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233105070
Author Ruth Suckow was born in Iowa and moved to Denver, Colo. to join her sister Emma (.d 1923) who had moved to Denver to seek relief from tuberculosis. Suckow graduated from the University of Denver, earning a B.A. degree (English) in 1917 and an M.A. in 1918. She worked as a graduate assistant for Dr. Ida Kruse McFarlane, head of the English Dept. at the University. Suckow's friend during these years was Amy Carlson (later Amy Buchanan). Suckow married Ferner Nuhn in 1929. She wrote 12 books of fiction, short stories, and non-fiction works between 1924 and 1960. She wrote The Folks, a novel, published in 1934.
From the description of Ruth Suckow papers, 1917-1960. (University of Denver, Penrose Library). WorldCat record id: 52346777
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Subjects:
- American literature
- American fiction
- Women authors, American
- Quakers
- Regionalism in literature
- Women and literature
- Women and literature
- World War, 1939-1945
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- Middle West (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
