[Dialogue] Ruth Carter -- Iron Woman

[ALICE M BAUMBACH]

Lovely witness to Ruth's spirit. Thank you! Alice Baumbach

Lela Jahn <lelajahn at hotmail.com> wrote:

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>Ruth and I were tied at the hip for the 3 years in the late
>60's when I was the director of the 5th City Preschool and she was my right and
>left hand. She and I climbed many mountains together -- attending a national
>preschool workshop because the curriculum received a National 1st place award from
>the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), receiving teaching machines from IBM
>for the 4 year olds which got our picture in the newspaper because of the
>audacity of believing machines could teach, making really cool uniforms for all
>the teachers, designing the new preschool building on 5th Avenue with Sheldon
>Hill ---  the list goes on and on. Yet there
>were also many valleys where Ruth never flinched, never complained. She stood
>firm in her belief that the 5th City Preschool was a demonstration to the world
>of the importance of  providing all
>children from 4 months on up with a positive self-image.  In turn, Ruth Carter,
>became my mentor, my symbol,  of the Iron Woman standing in the desert with arms
>out stretched knowing that the desert could become the promised land. And it did because
>she lived --- and still does in the lives of all she touched. 
>
> Lela Jahn
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