Ruth Lor Malloy

Ruth Lor Malloy (born 4 August, 1932) is a Canadian activist, journalist, travel writer, and photographer. She grew up attending a Presbyterian church. The protest brought attention to racist attitudes among local restaurant owners, as many still refused to serve non-white patrons despite racial discrimination being illegal in the province. and pursued a career in journalism. That year, she also visited China for the first time. She wrote a series of columns about life in Vietnam and her first trip to China for the Windsor Star. In 1966, she spoke with the South Vietnamese grassroots Movement for National Self-Determination.

In 1973, she wrote and published the first English-language guidebook to China in North America. She went on to write numerous other travel books about the country.

In 2023, Barclay Press published her book Brightening My Corner a Memoir of Dreams Fulfilled and York University gave her an honorary doctorate for her "tireless efforts to combat discrimination and promote equality in Canada and beyond".

Personal life Malloy and her husband, Michael Malloy (d. 2021), had three children.

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