Ruth Hutton Ancker

Ruth Hutton Ancker (born Ruth Lapet Hutton; 1901–1979) was an American sculptor in the mid-20th century.

Early life and education Ruth Hutton was born to William Hutton and his wife. Hutton Ancker's ancestors immigrated to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania in 1810; they were among the first settlers there. Hutton Ancker's grandfather, Daniel Snyder, donated the ten acres on which the local normal school was built. Many years later, Ruth Hutton was a student in the school, now Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania She graduated in 1918. In the early 1940s, Anker earned a degree in fine arts at Columbia University in New York. New York City's Pratt Institute, and the University of Cincinnati. In 1970, the William Penn Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania gave a retrospective exhibit of her work. The collection includes ten of her notebooks.