Ruth Hope Crow (1916–1999)
Ruth Crow, protesting during U.S. President George Bush's visit to Melbourne in 1992, photographed by John Ellis.
University of Melbourne Archives, 1999.0081.00839
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- Crow, Maurice Stuart (husband)
- Miller, Kenneth Craig (brother)
- Factor, June (friend)
- Coppel, Marjorie Jean (acquaintance)
- Hartley, Francis John (acquaintance)
- Doig, Walter (collaborator)
- Doig, Agnes McIlwain (collaborator)
- Edmonds, Lloyd (collaborator)
- Willman, Colin Weston (collaborator)
- Blake, Audrey Elsie (collaborator)
- Taft, Bernard (collaborator)
- Mortimer, Rex Alfred (collaborator)
Citation details
'Crow, Ruth Hope (1916–1999)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/crow-ruth-hope-35145/text, accessed 8 February 2026.
Ruth Crow, protesting during U.S. President George Bush's visit to Melbourne in 1992, photographed by John Ellis.
University of Melbourne Archives, 1999.0081.00839
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Miller, Ruth Hope
- 'Red Ruth'
- Una Voce
Birth
14 September,
1916
Ballarat,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
9 April,
1999
(aged 82)
Horsham,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education
- Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat, Vic)
- Church of England Girls’ Grammar School (Ballarat, Vic)
- Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy (Melbourne)
Occupation or Descriptor
- aged care advocate
- anti-nuclear campaigner
- camp operator
- communist
- community worker
- domestic servant
- journalist
- political activist
- schoolteacher
- small business owner
- town planner
- youth worker
Awards
- Robin Boyd Award of Merit
- Barret Memorial Medal (Town and Country Planning Association of Victoria)
- Member of the Order of Australia
- Victorian Women's Honour Roll
Clubs
Key Organisations
- Day Nurseries’ Development Association (Vic)
- Housing for Aged Action Group (Vic)
- Melbourne City Council Bicentenary Committee
- North Melbourne Association
- Radical Ecology Conference
- Victoria University (administration)
- Spanish Relief Committee (Vic)
- Workers’ Sports Federation (Vic)
- Country Women's Association (Vic)
- Council for Women in War Work (Vic)
- Brunswick Children’s Centre
- Coordinating Committee for Child Care in War-time (Vic)
- Eureka Youth League (Vic)
- Victorian Association of Youth Clubs
- Victorian Association of Creches
- Junior Eureka League
- Unity Dance Group
- Union of Australian Women (national)
- Victorian Teachers Union
- Coburg Education Committee
- Clean Air Council of Victoria
- Community Child Care (Vic)
- North Melbourne Cosy Cottage project
- North and West Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre
- Melbourne District Health Council