Ruth Gruber

About the Author

Ruth Gruber is a pioneering journalist, author, and humanitarian whose extraordinary life and work have illuminated the struggles and triumphs of displaced peoples and resilient women throughout the 20th century. Born in Brooklyn in 1911, she earned her PhD at age 20 and became one of the first foreign correspondents to report from the Soviet Arctic, later serving as a special envoy for the U.S. government during World War II, where she documented the plight of Holocaust refugees and advocated for their safe passage to America. Gruber's writing, marked by unflinching honesty and deep empathy, captures the human spirit amid adversity, as seen in her acclaimed memoir 'Raquela: A Woman of Israel,' which chronicles the life of a courageous nurse in the founding of modern Israel. Throughout her career, spanning over seven decades, she authored more than twenty books, earning her a lasting legacy as a voice for justice and the overlooked.