| Ruth Meiers | |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1925 |
| Office: | 33rd Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota |
| Term Start: | January 1, 1985 |
| Term End: | March 19, 1987 |
| Governor: | George A. Sinner |
| Predecessor: | Ernest Sands |
| Successor: | Lloyd Omdahl |
Ruth Meiers (November 6, 1925 – March 19, 1987)[1] was an American politician, the first female Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota. She became the 33rd Lieutenant Governor in 1985. Meiers was diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 1986 and died in office six months later in March 1987. The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House is named in her honor. Meiers was a social worker in Mountrail County, North Dakota. In 1974, Meiers served in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a Democrat.[2]