The Ruth Suckow Memorial Association Website

The Ruth Suckow Memorial Association (RSMA) was founded in 1966 to develop "appropriate memorials to the late Ruth Suckow and to further a literary and educational interest in her works."
 

Short Stories: Read online or download for use by teachers and book clubs The Crick, A Rural Community, & A Start in Life (Stories are in PDF format) Country People (New -- Summer 2009) Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1924 Suckow divides her book into four parts; here they are, as PDF files. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4		Research Sources of information about Suckow New Wikipedia entry, added Summer 2009	Scholarly Writing about Ruth Suckow 2004 Essay Prize Winner Kathleen Jaeger A "French Connection:" Reading Ruth Suckow in the Light of Isabelle de Charrière Posted with permission by the author
History of the RMSA A brief, illustrated history of our organization		Chronology Suckow's biography, illustrated with numerous pictures	"Feminist Issues of Farm Women as Represented in Ruth Suckow's Country People" Karen Neubauer (Revised version, June 3, 2007) 2005 Prize Winner  The Interrupted Adventures of the Female Experience in Ruth Suckow’s Odyssey of a Nice Girl Posted with permission by the author
Bibliography Suckow's works, listed by year and broken down into several categories If you are looking for multiple copies of her books for a book club or school project, you can go to the following website, sponsored by the State Library Service Areas. http://www.ilsa.lib.ia.us/bkdisc_author.htm#as (For more details, please see the Bibliography page)		Membership RSMA Brochure, 2008 edition	Board of Directors A list of our officers, and the Board of Directors
Themes in Suckow's Work Ruth Suckow and Women Ruth Suckow and Cats Ruth Suckow and Farm and Community Life		Annual Meeting Announcement   June 12, 2010 -- Cedar Falls, IA at the Cedar Falls Public Library. We will begin with our Business meeting at 10 am. Lunch at noon: you need to make reservations on the blog. Discussion of The Kramer Girls (1929), led by Dr. George Day.	Photos of annual meetings Photos begin with the 2006 meeting
Guestbook Please sign our guestbook and give us feedback about our website.	Guestbook Archive Read what other visitors have written in the guesbook	Suckow Gravesite Pictures and newspaper article (Waterloo Courier) about the gravesite, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa Pictures of Ferner Nuhn's tombstone, added Spring 2009 (Ruth's husband)	Our Blog! http://ruthsuckow.blogspot.com/ The blog is another source of information about our organization and includes the opportunity for you to comment on postings. There are more details about our 2010 Annual Meeting. You can reserve your lunch online and pay for it that day.
	There are a number of photos of Ruth Suckow, at various stages of her life and career. We have just recently started to use a younger picture of Ruth, shown at the top of the page. However, many of us also like the one shown here.

Last updated  June 6, 2010

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