| Ruth Hamilton | |
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| Birth: | 21 April 1898 Alta, Iowa, USA |
| Death: | 18 January 2008 Orlando, Florida, USA |
| Age: | 109 years, 271 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Centenarian | |
Ruth Hamilton (née Jensen; 21 April 1898 – 18 January 2008) was an American politician and centenarian. Hamilton served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1964 to 1973, and she was one of the first woman talk radio show hosts in the country.
Biography[]
Personal life[]
Ruth Jensen was born in Alta, Iowa, USA on 21 April 1898. Her parents were Peter and Hulda Jensen. At a Fourth of July sandlot baseball game in 1920, she met Carter Hamilton. After he was drafted to play professional baseball for the Cleveland Indians, the two got married a year later. Together they had an adopted son named Peter. Carter Hamilton died in 1949, and Ruth would remain a lifelong widow ever since.
Career and death[]
First being elected in 1964, Hamilton was the first woman elected to the New Hampshire state legislature; a position she remained in until 1973. She was instrumental in passing laws that shut down orphanages and made littering a crime in that state.
She was one of America's first female radio talk-show hosts.
Hamilton was a world traveler well into her 90s and lectured all across the country. She became a member of Growing Bolder, a social networking service, while living in a Florida assisted living community, and posted video blogs on the site with the help of journalist Bill Shafer.
Ruth Hamilton died while sleeping at her home in Orlando, Florida on 18 January 2008 at the age of 109 years, 271 days. At the time of her death, she was the world's oldest online personal blogger.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach Cengage Learning (p. 4)
- Ruth Hamilton Papers Iowa Women's Archives, 1 October 2013
- She Shared the Crown AllAboutOlive
- Ruth Hamilton Find A Grave