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Category: 28. Biographical sketches and collective
biography
RUTH001. “Ruth Woods.”
In: DISCovering multicultural America (Web and CD-ROM database).
Gale Group, 2000.
Publication type: Encyclopedia article
Ruth Woods has served as an advocate for the
Lumbee, for Native Americans in North Carolina, and for women in a variety
of capacities. The following are just a few examples. She was director
of Indian education for the Robeson County Public Schools for a number
of years. From 1979-1982 she served on the planning committee which handled
the legislative creation of the North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs.
She was a co-organizer and Board member, in 1979, of the Lumbee Regional
Development Association. She won the Henry Berry Lowry Award in 1980.
Additional subjects: Ruth Dial Woods | North Carolina Commission
on Indian Affairs | Lumbee Regional Development Association | Indian education
This annotation was edited on: June 21, 2002
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