Ruth Robertson

Ruth Agnes McCall Robertson Marietta (May 24, 1905 – February 17, 1998) was an American photojournalist who accomplished many "firsts" for women photographers and is also known mostly for photographing Angel Falls in Venezuela and surveying them to establish them as tallest waterfalls in the world; it was published in National Geographic magazine, November 1949. which later became United Press International. While working for Acme, Robertson co-founded an independent news service called Press Syndicate. In 1949, Robertson eagerly accepted an assignment to Venezuela. to reach the falls. They traveled on the Churún River in dugout canoes and endured downpours of rain.

Robertson stayed in Venezuela for the next 12 years, and became the editor of the Daily Journal (formerly known as Caracas Journal), and subsequently moved to Mexico, before returning to the U.S. in the mid-1960s, and re-locating to Rosenberg, Texas, where she died in 1998.

Associations

Society of Woman Geographers, member Pan American Round Table of Houston, member Foreign Correspondents' Club, Mexico City, member