Ruth May Fox

Ruth May Fox
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3rd general president of the Young Women
1929 – 1937
Called byHeber J. Grant
PredecessorMartha H. Tingey
SuccessorLucy Grant Cannon
First Counselor in the general presidency of the Young Women
1905 – 1929
Called byMartha H. Tingey
PredecessorMaria Young Dougall
SuccessorLucy Grant Cannon
Personal details
BornRuth May
(1853-11-16)November 16, 1853
Westbury, Wiltshire, England
DiedApril 12, 1958(1958-04-12) (aged 104)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Resting placeSalt Lake City Cemetery
40°46′37″N 111°51′29″W / 40.777°N 111.858°W / 40.777; -111.858 (Salt Lake City Cemetery)
Spouse(s)Jesse William Fox
Children12

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).