For the politician in Colorado see Ruth B. Clark
| Ruth Clark | |
| Pseudonym: | Minobi |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Sunderland |
| Death Place: | Scarborough |
| Nationality: | British |
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| Subject: | Woodcraft |
| Movement: | Kibbo Kift |
| Notable Works: | Camp Fire Training for Girls |
| Spouse: | John Hargrave |
| Partners: | --> |
| Children: | Ivan Gordon Hargrave |
Ruth Clark (Woodcraft name: Minobi, meaning Glad Heart)[1] (29 November 1899 - 2 October 1964) was the author of the first woodcraft book for girls[2] and an active original member of the Kibbo Kift.[3]
Clark authored and illustrated Camp Fire Training for Girls, the first woodcraft book for girls.[4] [5] Published in 1919, it had a foreword by Lady Baden-Powell.[6]
Clark was a member of the Camp Fire Girls movement as a girl. She was the leader of The Merrie Campers group of woodcraft girls. She was a co-founder of the Kibbo Kift and incorporated her girls into it, but was not involved in the Green Shirt Movement for Social Credit.[7]
Clark was born in Sunderland. She married John Hargrave on 28 November 1919.[8] [9] They had one son, Ivan Gordon Hargrave (1920–1992). Clark and Hargrave "parted company" in the early 1930s and were divorced in the 1950s.[10] She died in Scarborough in 1964.