Ruth May Fox | |
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3rd general president of the Young Women | |
1929 – 1937 | |
Called by | Heber J. Grant |
Predecessor | Martha H. Tingey |
Successor | Lucy Grant Cannon |
First Counselor in the general presidency of the Young Women | |
1905 – 1929 | |
Called by | Martha H. Tingey |
Predecessor | Maria Young Dougall |
Successor | Lucy Grant Cannon |
Personal details | |
Born | Ruth May November 16, 1853 Westbury, Wiltshire, England |
Died | April 12, 1958 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | (aged 104)
Resting place | Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37″N 111°51′29″W / 40.777°N 111.858°W |
Spouse(s) | Jesse William Fox |
Children | 12 |
Ruth Fox (née May; November 16, 1853 – April 12, 1958) was a 19th-century English-born American women's rights activist in the Territory of Utah. Fox was a poet, hymn writer, and a leader of youth in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).