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Steve Benson on Ruth Gruber

This Week in History: On September 30, 1911, Ruth Gruber was born. Steve Benson describes how the woman who started out as the youngest PhD on record went on to become an award-winning journalist, an honorary general, and a war hero in WWII.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Steve Benson on Ruth Gruber ." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/steve-benson-on-ruth-gruber>.