Background
Simms, Ruth Hanna was born on March 27, 1880 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Senator Marcus A. and Charlotte A. (Rhodes) Hanna.
political organization worker Civic leader
Simms, Ruth Hanna was born on March 27, 1880 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Senator Marcus A. and Charlotte A. (Rhodes) Hanna.
Educated private schools, Dobbs Ferry, New York and Farmington, Connecticut.
2d, Albert G. Simms, March 9, 1932. Interested in political, industrial and civic problems. Active member Women's Trade Union League, Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Republican Women's Organisation.
Joined Progressive Party and took active part at headquarters in national campaign, 1912.
Represented Illinois Consumers’ League, as a member of its state board, before Illinois legislature, 1915, working for a child labor bill. Member American Association for Labor Legislation, Women's Clubs for Civic Improvement in Chicago.
Member American Association for Labor Legislation, Women'son Member National American Livestock Association, Holstein-Friesian Association. Member 71st Congress (1929-1931), Illinois at-large.
Married Medill McCormick, June 10, 1903 (died February 25, 1925) m.