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Women of Clark County

Ruth Ball

1889 - 1974

Ruth Ball arrived in Henderson in the early 1940s as the town was being built for Basic Magnesium Incorporated workers. Ball worked at Basic Magnesium during World War II and quickly became an involved member of the community, including serving as the registrar at the high school.

Pictured: Ruth Ball. Clark County Museum.

Sources

• Nevada Magazine. “Women’s History in Nevada.” April 2014. https://nevadamagazine.com/issue/march-april-2014/8483/.
• Whitely, Joan Burkhart, ed. Steadfast Sisters of the Silver State: One Hundred Biographical Profiles of Nevada Women in History. Las Vegas: Stephens Press, 2013. https://search.worldcat.org/title/824733811.

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