Loomis, Ruth H.

Ruth Harrington Loomis was born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She was a 1922 graduate of Smith College in Massachusetts. She served as an administrative assistant to Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman governor in the United States, throughout her term as governor. Loomis also served as Ross’s personal secretary during the 1928 presidential campaign and as her colleague at National Democratic Headquarters. Following a brief tenure as state librarian, she married John U. Loomis, special legal representative for the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming, in 1934, and had two children Frederick and Ann.

From the guide to the Ruth H. Loomis papers, 1925-1989, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.)