Ruth L Lockhart is an American women's health advocate, women's rights activist, AIDS educator, and feminist.
12 Facts About Ruth Lockhart
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Ruth Lockhart is a co-founder of Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center, was its executive director in Bangor, Maine, from 1992 to 2015, and previously worked in health education and AIDS education for the City of Bangor and the University of Maine.
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Ruth Lockhart was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Ruth L Lockhart was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, to Charles J Lockhart, a bank teller, and his wife, Winnifred N Durgin, a home economics teacher.
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Ruth Lockhart graduated from the University of Southern Maine in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a teaching certificate in special education and learning disabilities.
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Ruth Lockhart next volunteered as a receptionist for Penquis Family Planning, where she became a family planning specialist.
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Ruth Lockhart got the idea from a similarly-named day aimed at preventing unintended pregnancies.
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In 2015 Ruth Lockhart said that while they "proudly give abortions", approximately 70 percent of the center's activity related to obstetrics and gynaecology.
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Ruth Lockhart oversaw the center's relocation to a larger, 5,000 square feet facility in Bangor in December 2005.
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Ruth Lockhart served as executive director of Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Aroostook from 1977 to 1978.
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Ruth Lockhart was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Ruth Lockhart married Peter Thibeau in 1980, with whom she had two children.