Ruth May Fox papers 1894-1973

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Ruth May Fox papers 1894-1973

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The Ruth May Fox papers (1894-1973) consist of photocopies of Fox's diary and autobiography, supplemented with corrections and explanations by her son, Feramorz Y. Fox. Ruth May Fox (b. 1853) was a Utah Mormon housewife and women's suffrage activist.

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Manuscripts Division

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Fox, Jesse W. (Jesse Williams), 1852-1928

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Fox, Ruth May, 1853-1958

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Ruth May Fox was a leader in women's organizations in the Mormon Church and active in the campaign for women's rights in Utah. She was born in Wiltshire, England, to James and Mary Ann May. Her mother died when she was an infant. In 1865, her father, a worker in a woolen mill, went to the United States and later sent for his daughter and Mary Thompson Sexton, a widow with whom he had left Ruth, and whom he subsequently married. The family moved in 1867 to Salt Lake City. In 1873 Ruth May married...