Ruth Ebright Finley

Background

Finley, Ruth Ebright was born on September 25, 1884 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Leonidas S. (Doctor of Medicine and Julia (Bissell) Ebright.

Education

Student Oberlin College, 1902-1903, Buchtel College (now University of Akron), 1904-1905.

Career

Editor of Woman’s page, Cleveland (O.) Press, 1911. Fiction editor Scripps-Howard Newspapers, 1912-1918. Managing editor Washington (District of Columbia) Herald, 1919.

Woman’s editor Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1920-1921.

Associate editor McClure’s Magazine, 1926-1928. Editor Guide—The Woman’s National Political Review, 1936-1938.

Trustee of Hempstead (New York) Public Library, 1922-1939. Chairman national press committee National Council Women of the United States, 1928-1929.

Member National Committee on Folk Arts of the United States Company-vice chairman steering committee of National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs for Celebration of 100 Years of Woman’s Progress in Business and the Professions, 1937.

Member National Council of Women.

Achievements

• Ruth Ebright Finley has been listed as a notable author, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Daughters of American Revolution, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Club: Women's National.

Connections

Married Emmet Finley, August 24, 1910.

Father:

Leonidas South. Finley

Spouse:

Emmet Finley