Wall of Honor Collection - Ruth Mougey Worrell, 1882-1968

              RUTH MOUGEY
WORRELL
1882 - 1968
"MRS. UNITED CHURCH WOMEN"
BORN IN PORTSMOUTH, OHIO IN 1882 THE DAUGHTER
OF A METHODIST MINISTER WHO WAS A PIONEER IN
CIVIL RIGHTS.
ATTENDED KINGS SCHOOL OF ORATORY IN PITTSBURGH
AND TAUGHT PUBLIC SPEAKING AT OHIO UNIVERSITY.
RECEIVED HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF HUMANE
LETTERS FROM WESTERN COLLEGE.
PRODUCER OF RELIGIOUS AND PATRIOTIC PAGEANTS
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATE BETWEEN 1910 AND
THE EARLY 1930'S.
WIDOWED IN 1927, RUTH MOVED HER FAMILY TO UPPER
ARLINGTON IN 1936.
SHE ORGANIZED THE STATE OF OHIO COUNCIL OF
CHURCH WOMEN AND THE NATIONAL UNITED COUNCIL
OF CHURCH WOMEN WHEN SHE RETIRED IN 1949.
EVERY STATE HAD A UNITED COUNCIL OF CHURCH
WOMEN.
SHE HELPED ORGANIZE THE FIRST UPPER ARLINGTON
GARDEN CLUB AND FOURTH OF JULY PARADE.
IN 1964 SHE WAS HONORED AS OHIO MOTHER OF THE
YEAR. HER THREE DAUGHTERS WERE FLORENCE
WORRELL, ANNE GAYNOR, AND CHARLOTTE LEMON.