| Birth: | Sep. 15, 1887
Whitehall
Muskegon County
Michigan, USA | | Death: | Apr. 5, 1970
Allegan County
Michigan, USA | 
Republican Representative from Michigan. She served in the House of Representatives from 1951-1957. (bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Search Amazon for Ruth Thompson | | | Burial:
Oakhurst Cemetery
Whitehall
Muskegon County
Michigan, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Tim Crutchfield
Record added: Oct 17, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7994929 |
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Although women earned the right to vote in the United States in 1920, it was not until 1951, three decades later, that Michigan had its first female member of the U.S. Congress, Ruth Thompson, a Republican from Whitehall.Thompson's career of political fir...(Read more)
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