Ruth Suckow Memorial Association

Who are we?

The Ruth Suckow Memorial Association (RSMA) was founded in 1966 by Ferner Nuhn, Georgia Nuhn, and a group of friends in Earlville, Iowa, where Ruth once lived and launched her Orchard Apiary beekeeping and honey business to support herself as a writer.

We're a small non-profit dedicated to preserving and sharing her legacy: herlife and works. We have a heart for teachers and are helping digitize Suckow's short stories and novels for free use on the Iowa Digital Heritage site. We offer scholarships to help support teachers and students. We also support publishing new editions of some of her novels, thanks to one of our members, Jim O'Loughlin and his publishing company.

$500 Unit Plan Grant Opportunity.pdf

Cherie lesson plan with Ruth Suckow four small group questions.docx

Have an idea about to incorporate one Suckow's short stories in one of your classes? We're giving scholarships to teachers. Above, left. Here is a very simple example to the right, when I taught Literature classes at Hawkeye Community College and incorporated 'A Rural Community' into the short story unit.

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