Ruth Ella Moore was born in May 19, 1903 in Columbus Ohio.
Education
Moore attended for both undergraduate and graduate levels. In 1926, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree, in 1927 her Masters of Science Degree and in 1933 her Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology Her dissertation was on the Tuberculosis bacteria and the titles were "Studies on Dissociation of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis" and "A New Method of Concentration on the Tubercule Bacilli as Applied to Sputum And Urine Examination".
Career
During her graduate school years, she taught hygiene and English at Tennessee State College now known as Tennessee State University in Nashville. In 1939, she became assistant Professor of bacteriology at Howard University College of Medicine. In 1948 she was appointed, and in 1955 she was made Head of the department of Bacteriology.
In 1960, she was appointed associate professor of microbiology.
She retired in 1973 while holding position of the associate Professor of emeritus of microbiology. While in Howard, she conducted studies on blood groups and enterobacteriacea.
She is the first African-American woman to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in the natural sciences United States representative Eddie Bernice Johnson introduced a bill recognizing Ruth Ella Moore as well as other scientists in the United States
She died in Rockville Maryland at the age of 91 (1994).
Membership
She was a member of the American Public Health Association and the American Society of Microbiologists.