Ruth Kirk

Dame Ruth Kirk
Kirk in 1969
Spouse of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
In role
8 December 1972 – 31 August 1974
Preceded byMargaret Marshall
Succeeded byGlen Rowling
Personal details
Born
Lucy Ruth Miller

(1922-04-28)28 April 1922
Taumarunui, New Zealand
Died20 March 2000(2000-03-20) (aged 77)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Spouse
(m. 1943; died 1974)
Children5, including John Kirk

Dame Lucy Ruth Kirk DBE (née Miller, 28 April 1922 – 20 March 2000) was a New Zealand prominent anti-abortion campaigner. Her husband was New Zealand's 29th Prime Minister, Norman Kirk.