Background
Gilbert, Ruth Ann was born on February 11, 1939 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Barnet and Blanche (Starr) Shapiro.
Gilbert, Ruth Ann was born on February 11, 1939 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Barnet and Blanche (Starr) Shapiro.
Bachelor, Trenton State College, 1960. Postgraduate, Kean College, Union, New Jersey, 1965. Postgraduate, University Vermont, 1976.
Postgraduate, Syracuse (New York ) University, 1978.
Library media specialist, elementary school, Denville, New Jersey, 1965-1968;
reference library, Morris County Community College, Randolph, New Jersey, 1969-1972;
library media specialist, Salem (New York) Control School, since 1974. Professional storyteller, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Mexico, since 1984. Member of advisory county School Library.
System, Warren, Washington, Hamilton Essex, New York, 1987. Presentor, workshop leader New York State Reading Council, New York Library. Association, Lake Placid, Kiamesha Lake, New York, 1985, 87, 88, 90.
Member National Organization of Women, Parent-Teachers Association, National Association Preservation and Perpetration of Storytelling, National Storytelling Association, New York Library. Association, New York State United Teachers (president 1991-1994).
Married Stanley Robert Gilbert, June 19, 1960. Children: Judith, David.