1. Ruth Holden was born on November 27,1890, in the city of Attleboro, Massachusetts.
11 Facts About Ruth Holden
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Ruth Holden grew up in the city with her parents Charles and Caroline Holden.
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Ruth Holden had two siblings, an older sister, Alice, and a younger brother, John.
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Ruth Holden was educated at Attleborough High School where she was valedictorian of the class of 1907; she then studied at Radcliffe College, Harvard.
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Ruth Holden graduated from Radcliffe in 1911 and received her MA the following year.
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Ruth Holden was awarded the Caroline Wilby prize for her thesis Reduction and Reversion in the North American SalicaIes.
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Ruth Holden used the money from this and other academic prizes to pursue her interest in fossil hunting.
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In 1912, Holden made her first trip to England where she attended a "Summer Meeting" at Cambridge University where she was able to examine their collection of fossil plants.
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Ruth Holden returned to England in 1913 after obtaining an AAUW European Fellowship and began paleobotanical research at Newnham College, Cambridge.
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Ruth Holden then went on to Kazan to help set up a new hospital for Polish refugee children.
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Ruth Holden even managed to continue her research into paleobotany at the local university most of her time was spent travelling throughout Russia helping to distribute supplies to different hospitals.