Ruth's Role In Raising Twelve Children

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First and foremost, successfully raising twelve children is an amazing achievement, even if racism wasn’t in the picture. Ruth's determination and discipline saw all twelve children through college, and most through graduate school. Ruth believed that money without knowledge was useless. She also believed that education mixed with religion was the way to climb out of poverty in America, and over the years she was correct. Ruth was incredibly strong for standing up for what she believed in.

Ruth was determined to get herself and her family out of poverty and saw a strong education and religious background as a way to do that. It was so important for her to see her kids reach higher goals in life. Although I am not in a place of poverty, my

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