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Ruth W Crocker | |
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Born | Ruth Harriet Whipple
[1] December 10, 1946 Mystic, Connecticut, United States |
Occupation | Writer, author |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Notable works | Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War |
Children | Noah Bean |
Website | |
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Ruth Whipple Crocker (born December 10, 1946) is an American writer and author of the memoir Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War, which began as a Pushcart Prize-nominated essay in O-Dark-Thirty. [2] [3]
Crocker was born in 1946 in Mystic, Connecticut. After attending Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, she met and married West Point officer David R. Crocker, Jr. [4] When her husband died during the Vietnam War, Crocker went back to school and received a B.S. from the University of Connecticut; an MA in education from Tufts University; and a PhD in nutrition and human development from the University of Connecticut. [5] She received her MFA in creative writing from Bennington College in 2011. [6] Her nonfiction essay "Sam's Way" in The Gettysburg Review was listed as a notable essay of 2012 in Best American Essays 2013. [7]
Crocker was a member of the National Board and National Newsletter Editor of the Gold Star Wives of America. [8] She resides in Mystic, Connecticut, and has one son, Noah Bean. [9]
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (May 2022) |
Ruth W Crocker | |
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Born | Ruth Harriet Whipple
[1] December 10, 1946 Mystic, Connecticut, United States |
Occupation | Writer, author |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Notable works | Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War |
Children | Noah Bean |
Website | |
ruthcrocker |
Ruth Whipple Crocker (born December 10, 1946) is an American writer and author of the memoir Those Who Remain: Remembrance and Reunion After War, which began as a Pushcart Prize-nominated essay in O-Dark-Thirty. [2] [3]
Crocker was born in 1946 in Mystic, Connecticut. After attending Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, she met and married West Point officer David R. Crocker, Jr. [4] When her husband died during the Vietnam War, Crocker went back to school and received a B.S. from the University of Connecticut; an MA in education from Tufts University; and a PhD in nutrition and human development from the University of Connecticut. [5] She received her MFA in creative writing from Bennington College in 2011. [6] Her nonfiction essay "Sam's Way" in The Gettysburg Review was listed as a notable essay of 2012 in Best American Essays 2013. [7]
Crocker was a member of the National Board and National Newsletter Editor of the Gold Star Wives of America. [8] She resides in Mystic, Connecticut, and has one son, Noah Bean. [9]