Ruth Gruber, Heroine
Yes, I'm still here! Last night, I joined 70 other women at a United Jewish Federation Women's Philanthropy Capital Campaign kickoff event. We usually invite persuasive, poignant speakers, but this year was exceptional. Ruth Gruber, aged one hundred (born in 1911), was the youngest woman to earn a PhD at the age of 20 in Cologne, Germany. Born "in the shtetl of Brooklyn, NY" she was a teen when she graduated NYU, got her MA in German studies at the U of Wisconsin then traveled to Germany for a... Sign in to see full entry.