Ruth Johnson Colvin
On International
Women’s Day, I nominate Ruth Johnson Colvin,
Literacy Advocate, Writer, Teacher,
Philanthropist,
December 16, 1916 – August 18, 2024
Credits:
Founder of the
non-profit organization Literacy Volunteers of America / renamed ProLiteracy
Worldwide.
Awarded the Volunteer
Action Award by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2006 by President George W. Bush.
Books and educational videos:
Basic Reading Workshop
(video); English as a Second Language Tutor Training Workshop; Great Traveling
After 55 (1989); How to Add Family Literacy to Your Program; I Speak English
(1962); LVA Works: A Guide to Workplace Education; Maintaining the Balance: A
Guide to 50/50 Management; My Travels Through Life, Love, and Literacy: A
Memoir (2020); Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the World (2011); Reading
to Children (video); Student Involvement Guidelines; Tutor (1962); Tutoring
Small Groups Handbook.
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