Background
Alexander, Ruth Batchelder was born on April 15, 1904 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of George Prescott and Blanche Eliza (Tuttle) Batchelder.
Environmental activist interior decorator
Alexander, Ruth Batchelder was born on April 15, 1904 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of George Prescott and Blanche Eliza (Tuttle) Batchelder.
Commercial design diploma, Massachusetts Normal Art School, 1925.
Understudy, Allen Hall Company, Boston, 1925-1931; proprietor interior decorating company, Boston, 1931-1967; proprietor interior decorating company, Nahant, Massachusetts, 1967-1969; proprietor interior decorating company, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1969-1974.
Board of directors Massachusetts Audubon Society, 1938-1963, Merrimack River Valley Council, 1980-1981. Organizer Parent-Teachers Association, Nahant, 1948. Nahant branch Lynn Young Men’s Christian Association, 1950.
Trustee, board directors Essex County Greenbelt Association, 1961-1984, vice president, 1978-1979. Founder, chairman Nahant Conservation Commission, 1962-1969. Secretary Rowley Conservation Commission, 1971-1977.
Married Donald Child Alexander, May 10, 1941. Children: Donald Gilbert, Ruth.