How Did Ruth Green Influence Our Lives

When looking back at history, it is easy to blindly focus only on the distinguished individuals and most memorable events. Though these have a great amount of importance and remain influential on our lives today, it is both valuable and insightful to consider the general population and their alluring lives. Additionally, the fact that these individuals are not featured in history textbooks or taught to students as a part of a common curriculum does not make their stories any less excellent, but could potentially provide for a new outlook on our past. In 1934, as America was in the midst of The Great Depression and countless citizens were struggling to find their way through the country’s economic downfall, Ruth Green was born in in Burlingame, California. Though caught in a time in history of great distress and upheaval, Ruth considers her upbringing to be “steady and …show more content…
Under the school’s recommendation, Polly was placed in a grade ahead of her struggling brother, thus separating the twins for the first time. The two then proceeded to continue on to different high schools; Polly to Notre Dame Catholic high school and Peter to the local high school in their neighborhood. According to Polly she was very athletic and excelled in every sport she attempted; often with awards and trophies. This, her superb academics, and her attendance at such a renowned high school made the process of being accepted to a top college “very easy”. Polly proudly expressed the rarity of her achievement and explained that during that period of history, being accepted into a respectable college was difficult due to the lack of education in lower income neighborhoods and the remaining economic hardships from the Great Depression. Following high school, Polly enrolled at Pomona college in Claremont, which today has an acceptance rate of