Background
Mrs. Ruthchild was born on November 30, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. She is a daughter of Samuel A. (a high school Latin teacher) and Ruth (a homemaker; maiden name, Rachelson) Goldberg.
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Mrs. Ruthchild was born on November 30, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. She is a daughter of Samuel A. (a high school Latin teacher) and Ruth (a homemaker; maiden name, Rachelson) Goldberg.
Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild completed her studies at Hofstra University, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in 1962. She attended University of Wisconsin—Madison and finished it in 1960. In 1964 she earned from University of Rochester Master of Arts degree and in 1976 Doctor of Philosophy. From 1978-1979 she did a postdoctoral study at Leningrad State University (now Saint Petersburg State University).
Between 1974 and 1978 Mrs. Ruthchild was a member of core faculty for Goddard-Cambridge Graduate Program in Social Change at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, From 1979 to 1981 she was a member of core faculty for graduate program. Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild served at Norwich University, Northfield, VT, began as assistant professor and later she became an associate professor (1981-1987), professor of graduate studies, since 1988, director of Russian School in 1988-1995.
From 1972-1976 Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild was a president and member of coordinating committee at Women’s Educational Center (Cambridge, MA). In 1992-1994 Mrs. Ruthchild acted as a member of board of directors of North Brookline Neighborhood Association.
Mrs. Ruthchild is a feminist.
Quotations: "My major publications have been a bibliography, some poems, some scholarly articles, and a number of letters to the editor. My interests include the history of women in Russia and the Soviet Union, the current status of women in the former Soviet Union, the history of Jews in Eastern Europe and Russia, the status of women and feminism in the United States, the Holocaust, nontraditional families, my family history in Eastern Europe, Jersey City and New York, and the search for roots."
member of founding group; president, 1988-1990; member of board of directors, 1988
Association for Women in Slavic Studies , United States
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies , United States
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians , United States
American Association for the Teaching of Slavic and East European Languages , United States
Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild married Robert G. Ziegler on March 31, 1968. The couple divorced in June, 1969. They have one son, Rafael Adam.
