Ruth Hale (1887-1934) was a feminist leader in New York City who worked for women’s rights in the era before and after World War I. She was married to journalist Heywood Broun and was an associate of the Algonquin Round Table. 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... NYC and New York, New York redirect here. ... Combatants Entente Powers Central Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties > 5 million military deaths > 3 million military deaths World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars was a world conflict... Heywood Broun was a reporter, sportswriter and newspaper columnist in New York City. ... The Algonquin Round Table was a group of some of the most brilliant writers of the 1920s and 1930s, though it endured long after that. ...

Hale was the founder of the Lucy Stone League, an organization whose motto was "My name is the symbol for my identity and must not be lost." A biographer termed Hale "nearly fanatical" about women’s rights. She attacked "head-on and without humor, except for mordant satire." Hale’s cause led her to fight for women to be able to preserve their maiden name – legally – after marriage. She challenged in the courts any government edict that would not recognize a married woman by the name she chose to use.

Hale was born in Rogersville, Tennessee, in 1887. At age 13 she entered Hollins Institute (today Hollins University) in Roanoke, Virginia. Three years later she left to attend Drexel Academy of Fine Art (today Drexel University) in Philadelphia, where she studied painting and sculpture. But writing was her true calling. Rogersville is a town located in Hawkins County, Tennessee. ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Hollins University is a four-year institution of higher education in Roanoke County, southwestern Virginia. ... Downtown Roanoke, showing the Wachovia Tower and railroad tracks. ... Drexel University is an institution of higher learning located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ... Writing may refer to two activities: the inscribing of characters on a medium, with the intention of forming words and other constructs that represent language or record information, and the creation of material to be conveyed through written language. ...

When Hale was 18 she became a journalist in Washington, DC, writing for the Hearst syndicate. Hale was a sought-after writer and socialite, and attended parties at the White House when President Woodrow Wilson was in office. She worked at the Washington Post until she went back to Philadelphia to become drama critic for the Philadelphia Public Ledger. She also dabbled in sports writing, which was uncommon for women to do at the time. At an early age, Hale was working in a man’s world. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ... Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). ... ...

Hale moved to New York City about 1915 and was a feature writer for The New York Times, Vogue and Vanity Fair. Hale also did a bit of acting too. NYC and New York, New York redirect here. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ... Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine published in several countries under several names. ... Vanity Fair is a glossy American glamour magazine monthly that offers a mixture of articles on high-brow culture, jet-set and entertainment-business personalities, politics, and current affairs. ...

She was introduced to Heywood Broun, a popular newspaper columnist and sportswriter, at a New York Giants baseball game at the Polo Grounds. They were married on June 6, 1917. When Broun was sent to France to report on the war, she went along too, writing for the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune. Heywood Broun was a reporter, sportswriter and newspaper columnist in New York City. ... The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in New York City used by Major League Baseballs New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, New York Metropolitans from 1883 until 1885, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, and by the New York Mets in... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains one of the principal daily newspapers of the midwestern United States. ...

In 1918 Hale gave birth to her only child, Heywood Hale Broun, in New York City. 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Early in 1921 she took a stand with the U.S. State Department, demanding that she be issued a passport as Ruth Hale, not as Mrs. Heywood Broun. The government refused; no woman had been given a passport up until that time with her maiden name. She was unable to cut through the red tape, and the government issued her passport reading "Ruth Hale, also known as Mrs. Heywood Broun." She refused to accept the passport, and cancelled her trip to France. So did her husband. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... The title page of European Union passports bears the name European Union, then the name of the issuing country, in the official languages of all EU countries. ...

In May 1921 she was believed to be the first married woman to be issued a real estate deed in her own name, for an apartment house on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Not long afterward, she was chosen president of the Lucy Stone League. Broun was among the men present, and supported his wife in her endeavors. Other Lucy Stoners were Jane Grant, wife of Harold Ross, the founder of The New Yorker, and Beatrice Kaufman, wife of playwright George S. Kaufman. 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River. ... Jane Grant (1892-1972) was a New York City journalist who co-founded The New Yorker with her first husband, Harold Ross. ... Harold Wallace Ross (November 6, 1892 - December 6, 1951) was an American journalist and founder of The New Yorker magazine, which he edited from 1925 to his death. ... The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted most years on the magazines anniversary. ... George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was a playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. ...

Hale and Broun bought a farm in Stamford, Connecticut, but resided in separate homes. She started to spend more time on women’s rights causes and less time in journalism. City motto: The City that Works State  - County Connecticut Fairfield Mayor Dannell Malloy Area  - % water 139 km² (52. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, analyzing and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ...

In August 1927 Hale took a leading role in protesting the executions of accused anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. She traveled to Boston as part of the defense committee, along with Dorothy Parker and John Dos Passos. The men were put to death over their fierce protests. The campaign had a galvanizing effect on her, leading her to fight against capital punishment. 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Left) and Nicola Sacco (Right) Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were two Italian anarchists, who were arrested, tried, and electrocuted in Massachusetts in 1927 on charges of murder of Frederick Parmenter, a shoe factory paymaster, and... Boston is a town and small port c. ... Dorothy Parker (also known as Dot or Dottie) was born Dorothy Rothschild in the West End district of Long Branch, New Jersey, on August 22, 1893. ... John Rodrigo Dos Passos, born January 14, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois, United States - died September 28, 1970, in Baltimore, Maryland, was a novelist and artist. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted felon as a punishment for a crime (often called a capital offence or a capital crime). ...

During the 1920s and 1930s Hale continued to write and also worked as a theatrical press agent, while also a leading figure in New York’s writer’s community. With her husband, she was an associate of the Algonquin Round Table at the Algonquin Hotel. She reviewed books for the Brooklyn Eagle. The Algonquin Round Table was a group of some of the most brilliant writers of the 1920s and 1930s, though it endured long after that. ... The Algonquin Hotel was built in 1902. ... The Brooklyn Eagle, also called The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was a daily newspaper published in Brooklyn, New York from 1841 to 1955. ...

Hale and Broun were quietly divorced in Mexico, in November 1933. The pair remained close and continued to reside at the same property in Connecticut. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Ten months later, in September 1934, Hale came down with an intestinal fever at her home in Stamford. Broun rushed his former wife to Doctor’s Hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but it was too late. She died Sept. 18th at age 47. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Bibliography

• Dale Kramer, Heywood Broun, a Biographical Portrait, New York: Current Books, 1949.
• Heywood Hale Broun, Whose Little Boy Are You? New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1983.
• The New York Times, "Ruth Hale is Dead; Feminist Leader", September 19, 1934, page 19.

External links

• Algonquin Round Table Walking Tours