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Ruby Smith
Ruby Smith (August 24, 1903 – March 24, 1977) was an American classic female blues singer. She was a niece, by marriage, of the better-known Bessie Smith, who discouraged Ruby from pursuing a recording career. Nevertheless, following Bessie's death in 1937, Ruby recorded twenty-one sides between 1938 and 1947. She is also known for her candid observations on her own and Bessie's lifestyle.
Biography.
She was born Ruby Walker in New York City.
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) was presented by Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson at the Waveland conference. The paper discussed the analogous relationship between sex and race discrimination within the context of the work environment and was seen as a critically important document for evaluating gender and women's issues. Stokely Carmichael's response to the paper, "The only position for women in SNCC is prone", has been taken by some to have been condescending, but Carol Giardina argued in her work "Freedom for Women: Forging the Women's Liberation Movement"