[Oe List ...] Ruth Carter -- Iron Woman

[Charles Hahn]

Hi Lela!  What a tribute!!!  I knew Ruth, but not that well.  Your
comments really hold her up for the world to see.  Thanks,
Charles

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Lela Jahn <lelajahn at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Lela Jahn
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