Ruth Rogers was born at the family farm in Patten, Maine, the last of seven children born to L. B. and Mary Elizabeth Barker Rogers. Following her siblings-- some about two decades older-- her parents dubbed her "someone to be with us in our old age." Ruth was 5'3" tall with brown hair and brown eyes. Her father was a lumberman, and she attended the Patten Academy. Living in a close-knit family, she was given the opportunity to study at McGill University when an older sister and family moved to Montréal and she was invited to live with them. After graduation she was employed as YWCA secretary in western Maine. On 29 May 1922, she married Angus Hector MacLean at Patten. Angus was a divinity student from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, who earned AB and BD degrees from McGill. She may not have realized that marriage to an alien would invalidate her American citizenship – a policy that would be overturned within a few months, although too late to help her. She regained citizenship nearly 17 years later, after her husband was naturalized. Angus continued his studies at Montréal for two years, and then received a scholarship at Columbia University in New York City, where he earned a PhD. Ruth reconnected with sister Annie Lucasta "Lou" Rogers, who had lived in New York City for over 15 years, pursuing cartooning as a profession. Both sisters published in Everygirl's, the Magazine of the Campfire Girls. Ruth's story, "Lost in the Blow-Down," was published in October, 1925. The editor commented "Ruth Rogers MacLean is a woodsman at heart, as you can tell by her adventure story. We believe she could find her way about in the woods of Maine, her native state, in any kind of storm." Angus and Ruth had three children, Allan (died in infancy), Colin, and Susanne. In 1928 they moved to Canton, New York, where Angus was appointed professor of religious education at the Theological School of St. Lawrence University. Some years later Ruth became editor of the pamphlet series for the Association of Universalist Women. In 1960 Angus retired as Dean of the Theological School and accepted a position as Minister of religious education at the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Eight years later the couple retired to Manlius, New York, residing next-door to daughter, Susanne and her husband.
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