Flutist Ruth Freeman Gudeman received her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory and had a fellowship at Julliard;she was the first woman to give a major solo recital in New York City, at Town Hall.
Ruth Freeman Gudeman (1915  April 20, 2003) was an American flutist and teacher. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and held a fellowship at the Juilliard School of Music where she studied with George Barrere over a fourteen year period. She appeared as a soloist at Town Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City with "outstanding success." 
