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Ruth Johnson Colvin

American literacy advocate

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born: 1916
died: 2024
age at death: 107
known for: activist

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Ruth Johnson Colvin was an American philanthropist who was the founder of the non-profit organization Literacy Volunteers of America, now called ProLiteracy Worldwide in Syracuse, New York, in 1962. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in December 2006.

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