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Ruth Randall Edström

Ruth Randall Edström, American educator and activist (died 1944)

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Born
June 24, 1867
Died
October 5, 1944
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1867

About Ruth Randall Edström

Ruth Miriam Edström was an American peace activist and fighter for women's rights. She worked with the pre-work for the third peace conference in The Hague. She participated in the international women's congress in 1915. Ruth was the wife of the head of Asea, J. Sigfrid Edström. After her death in 1944 in Stockholm, a memory fund for Ruth Randall Edström was created.

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The world when Ruth Randall Edström was born

Ruth Randall Edström was born in 1867. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineUS purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
  • Technology milestoneDynamite patented by Alfred Nobel
  • Notable inventionDynamite
  • World population~1.47B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.5M

1867 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ruth Randall Edström's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18672026
Population34.5M341 million

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