Malcomson, Ruth (1906–1988)

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Malcomson, Ruth (1906–1988)

Miss America. Name variations: Ruth M. Schaubel. Born Ruth Malcomson, April 16, 1906, in PA; died May 25, 1988, in Delaware, PA; m. Carl Schaubel.

Named Miss Philadelphia and crowned Miss America (both 1924).

See also Frank Deford, There She Is (Viking, 1971).

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