• Age: 54
• Interview Date: 4/15/2008
• Interviewer: Michael Maniscalco, Illinois State Museum
• Interview Length: 76 minutes Sit-Down Interview
• County: Jefferson
• Ruth grew up on a farm near Chicago and currently raises beef cattle with her husband near Mt. Vernon. She is the founder of Annie’s Project, an educational program for farm women sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension.

Ruth Hambleton on a Tractor, 2008