Background
Sawyer, Ruth was born on August 5, 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Francis Milton and Ethelind J. Sawyer.
Sawyer, Ruth was born on August 5, 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Francis Milton and Ethelind J. Sawyer.
Graduate Garland-Kindergarten Normal School, Boston, 1900. Bachelor of Science, Columbia, 1904.
Took up professional story-telling, 1908. Began writing short stories for magazines, specializing in Irish folk stories.
Married Albert C. Durand (Doctor of Medicine), June 4, 1911. Children: David, Margaret.