Ruby Green Smith

Ruby Green Smith (January 6, 1878 – May 13, 1960) was an American entomologist, peace campaigner and home economics educator. She is known for having authored The Home Bureau Creed.

Early life

Smith was born as Ruby Green on January 6, 1878, on a farm near Knightstown, Indiana, the daughter of Marcella Jane (née Hayes), a former teacher, and Dr. Alpheus W. Green, a physician who practised in Knightstown. She attended Knightstown High School. before returning to Stanford University as a research instructor in entomology and bionomics, obtaining an M.A. from the university in 1904. A 2020 edition, edited by Karen Penders St. Clair and titled The Comstocks of Cornell: The Definitive Autobiography, restored much material that had been withheld from Anna's original manuscript.

Personal life

Her first marriage was to Howard Bell of California. The couple set up home in Ithaca, New York, where Ruby's mother and sister joined them.

In 1937, her husband published A Springtime Odyssey on the Shores of Southern Seas, February–May 1912: Letters from Albert W. Smith to Ruby Green Smith in a limited edition of 100. The letters were written while he travelled in the Mediterranean to convalesce from an illness. and the Ithaca Housewives' League and Farmers' Market.