Ruth Simpson (other)
Ruth Simpson may refer to: * Ruth Simpson (activist) (1926–2008), author and founder of the United States' first lesbian community center * Ruth Simpson (artist) (1889–1964), British artist * Ruth DeEtte Simpson (1918–2000), American archeologist See also * Ruth Williams-Simpson Ruth Williams-Simpson (born 19 October 1949) is a Jamaican sprinter. She competed in the 400 metres at the 1972, 1976 and the 1980 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1971 Pan American Games * The ye ...

Ruth Simpson (activist)
Ruth Simpson (March 15, 1926 – May 8, 2008) was the founder of the United States' first lesbian community center, an author, and former president of Daughters of Bilitis, New York. Her book, ''From the Closet to the Courts'' was published in 1977 and republished in 2007. She also produced the weekly hour-long program "Minority Report" in Woodstock, New York from 1982 until her death in 2008. Her work As president of the New York chapter of Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), Simpson organized gay rights demonstrations and educational programs for DOB members during the period 1969–71. Several times when NYC police, without warrants, illegally entered DOB's lesbian center in lower Manhattan, Simpson stood between the police and the DOB women. On three occasions she was cited for court appearances by the police. She was also arrested at a Women Against Richard Nixon (WARN) rally, along with Ellen Povill, Ti-Grace Atkinson and Flo Kennedy, and spent most of a day in jail until the ...
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Ruth Simpson (artist)
Ruth Simpson (née Alison, 1889 – 1964) was a British artist who was an active member of the Newlyn School of artists and the Lamorna artists colony. Biography Simpson was born in Newcastle, the daughter of Alister and Ada Alison. She studied art under Elizabeth and Stanhope Forbes at their school, the Forbes School of Painting, in Newlyn during 1911 and 1912. In Newlyn, Simpson lodged with her sister Rose and together they led a full social life. During this time Simpson met the artist Charles Walter Simpson and the couple married in 1913. Their daughter, Leonora, was born the following year in Newlyn. Subsequently, the family lived in different locations throughout Cornwall, including at Carbis Bay, Lamorna and at St Ives. A joint show of their work was held in 1919. In St Ives, starting in 1920 the Simpsons ran their own painting school, the Shore Studio, with Ruth specializing in teaching portrait painting. In 1924, they closed the painting school and moved to Lon ...
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Ruth DeEtte Simpson
Ruth DeEtte Simpson (May 6, 1918 – January 19, 2000) was an American archaeologist and founder of the Archaeological Survey Association of Southern California. Born in Pasadena, California, Simpson received her master's degree from the University of Southern California in 1944 and went on to be the curator of the Heard Museum in Arizona for two years. She worked as a curator at the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles from 1946 to 1964 and then as a county archaeologist at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands. She mostly conducted fieldwork in the Mojave Desert, including with Louis Leakey on the Calico Early Man Site, though this led to disagreements between Louis and his wife Mary Leakey. Simpson was a member of the American Anthropologist Association and the Society of American Archaeology The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is a professional association for the archaeology of the Americas. It was founded in 1934 and its headquarters are in based in Washingto ...
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