Ruth Clark

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Ruth Clark
Clark in Kibbo Kift attire, c.1923
Clark in Kibbo Kift attire, c.1923
Born(1899-11-29)November 29, 1899
Sunderland
DiedOctober 2, 1964(1964-10-02) (aged 64)
Scarborough
Pen nameMinobi
NationalityBritish
SubjectWoodcraft
Literary movementKibbo Kift
Notable worksCamp Fire Training for Girls
SpouseJohn Hargrave
ChildrenIvan Gordon Hargrave

Ruth Clark (Woodcraft name: Minobi, meaning Glad Heart)[1] (29 November 1899 – 2 October 1964) was the author of the first woodcraft book for girls[2] and an active original member of the Kibbo Kift.[3]

Clark authored and illustrated Camp Fire Training for Girls, the first woodcraft book for girls.[4][5] Published in 1919, it had a foreword by Lady Baden-Powell.[6]

Clark was a member of the Camp Fire Girls movement as a girl. She was the leader of The Merrie Campers group of woodcraft girls.[1] She was a co-founder of the Kibbo Kift and incorporated her girls into it, but was not involved in the Green Shirt Movement for Social Credit.[7]

Clark was born in Sunderland. She married John Hargrave on 28 November 1919.[8][9] They had one son, Ivan Gordon Hargrave (1920–1992). Clark and Hargrave "parted company"[4] in the early 1930s and were divorced in the 1950s.[10] She died in Scarborough in 1964.

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  8. ^ The book "OM KA" written by John Hargrave on his marriage (Museum of London)
  9. ^ Who was who: A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those who Died, Volume 8 A. & C. Black, 1981
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