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Ruth was a strong advocate of library services to children in schools and in the community, and was a valued colleague and mentor to librarians throughout the United States.  Ruth was born on May 13, 1933 in Chicago, the daughter of Samuel and Charlotte Gordon, and the sister to Robert Gordon. Her family moved to Forest Hills, Queens, New York where she attended grammar school at PS 144 and graduated from Forest Hills High School. As a teenager, Ruth's most vivid memory was a journalism assignment in high school where she was asked to interview someone. Always reaching for the spectacular, she made the arrangements and was graciously awarded an interview with Eleanor Roosevelt. She received her A.B. from Tufts University (1954), her M.A. from Brown University (1961), her Masters of Library Science from University of California, Berkeley (1967) and her PhD from Berkeley (1977).  Her research culminated in her thesis \"Paul Elder: Bookseller-Publisher (1897-1917): A Bay Area Reflection,\" which is available at the UC Berkeley Library. She was very proud of her academic success, and was forever known as Dr. Ruth. Her teaching career spanned from the Portola Valley (California) School District (where her future wife was the sister of one of her students, and she taught her most famous pupil, Nobel Laureate Roger Kornberg, how to diagram sentences which, no doubt, lead to his success in the world of chemistry), to the Aviano (Italy) Dependents School (USAF). She loved to speak Italian and would share phrases and thoughts with friends throughout her life.  Returning to California, Ruth pursued her graduate studies at Cal while she served as a lecturer and director of practicum at the University of San Francisco. During this time, she was a National Defense Education Act scholar. Her library career brought her to rural areas of northern California, where she served as director of school libraries for the Lassen County Office of Education in Susanville, the director of libraries for the Cloverdale Unified School District, and librarian at Kenilworth Junior High School in Petaluma. She served as a consultant for several library projects and as the managing editor of Critical Reviewing UnLtd.  She was concerned about each child with whom she worked. She knew that reading and libraries could be a place of refuge for those whose lives were chaotic and a gateway to the wider world for those whose geography or circumstances were limited. She had high standards, both for herself and for her colleagues and supervisors and would not be silent if she felt that library services were not fully supported. Ruth held numerous positions within the American Library Association, and served as a counselor (1991-1995). She served on the board of directors for the Association for Library Services to Children (1986-1989), chair of the Notable Children's Books committee, the John Newbery Award Committee, and as president of the Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California. Her professional work and her association work were marked by her persistent advocacy for quality services for children. She was a strong proponent of the maxim \"to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable\" and her comments, both at the microphone and in print reflected this drive. She knew an amazingly large number of colleagues, and enjoyed interacting with them at conferences and workshops.  Her role in bringing the bigotry within the Boy Scouts of America to the forefront of America's social conscience through the power of the library associations was her proudest achievement in many years of activism.  As an author and editor, she enjoyed great success with poetry and prose including \"Feathers\" (Macmillan, 1993),\" \"Peeling the Onion: an Anthology of Poems\" (HarperCollins, 1993), \"Time is the Longest Distance\" (HarperCollins, 1991), and \"Under All Silences: Shades of Love\" (Harper & Row, 1987)."},{"label":"Search SCL Digital Archives for this Author","value":["Gordon, Ruth, 1933-2016"]},{"label":"Search Author or Book in Library Catalog","value":"Search for works by Ruth Gordon in the <a href=\"https://find.sonomalibrary.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=%22Gordon%2C+Ruth%22&te=&rt=false%7C%7C%7CAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">library catalog</a>"},{"label":"Search Author in Open Library","value":"Search for works by Ruth Gordon in <a href=\"https://openlibrary.org/search/authors?q=Gordon+Ruth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Library</a>"},{"label":"Author's Place(s) of Residence","value":["Cloverdale"]},{"label":"Sort Title","value":"Ruth Gordon (1933-2016)"},{"label":"Significant Title","value":"Feathers"},{"label":"Digital Archives Identifier","value":"ruth_gordon"},{"label":"Digital Archives Collection Name(s)","value":["Sonoma County Local Authors"]},{"label":"Date Added","value":"2012/08/11"},{"label":"Filename","value":"ruth_gordon.jpg"},{"label":"Title","value":"Ruth Gordon (1933-2016)"},{"label":"Item Type","value":["Text"]},{"label":"Item Format or Genre","value":["Biography files","Bibliographies","Portraits","Photographs"]},{"label":"Search SC Local Arts for this Author or Artist","value":"<a href=\"https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/documents?filter_363=ruth_gordon&applyState=true\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruth Gordon (1933-2016)</a>"},{"label":"Collection(s)","value":["Sonoma County Local Authors"]},{"label":"Author Name (Controlled)","value":["Ruth Gordon (1933-2016)"]}],"description":"Ruth Gordon (1933-2016)","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/15479c8d-0779-4c66-9f42-c7b504946b5f/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Ruth Gordon (1933-2016)","height":450,"width":450,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/15479c8d-0779-4c66-9f42-c7b504946b5f/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/15479c8d-0779-4c66-9f42-c7b504946b5f","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1]}]},"height":450,"width":450},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/15479c8d-0779-4c66-9f42-c7b504946b5f/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/15479c8d-0779-4c66-9f42-c7b504946b5f/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/15479c8d-0779-4c66-9f42-c7b504946b5f/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/logo"}