About Ruth Stafford Peale
Lived 1906 – 2008 (aged 101). Ruth Stafford Peale was an American writer.
Ruth Stafford Peale ( Stafford; September 10, 1906 – February 6, 2008) was an American writer, editor, and speaker.
She was born in Fonda, Iowa, to Canadian parents Methodist clergyman Frank B. Stafford and Loretta A. Stafford. After this, she taught high school mathematics. Norman would later write The Power of Positive Thinking. The two also formed the Peale Center for Christian Living. This was later republished as Secrets of Staying in Love in 1984.
Peale died on February 6, 2008, in Pawling, New York, at age 101. At her death, Peale was chairman emeritus of Guideposts.
During her lifetime, Peale received multiple awards and honors, including the Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans, American Association of University Women "Woman of the Year" in 2000, and four honorary doctoral degrees.
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American writer (1906–2008)
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Ruth Stafford Peale was born on 10 September 1906 in Fonda.
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