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]
Ruth Clark | |
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Born | (1899-11-29)November 29, 1899 Sunderland |
Died | October 2, 1964(1964-10-02) (aged 64) Scarborough |
Pen name | Minobi |
Nationality | British |
Subject | Woodcraft |
Literary movement | Kibbo Kift |
Notable works | Camp Fire Training for Girls |
Spouse | John Hargrave |
Children | Ivan Gordon Hargrave |
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.[1] 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"[4] in the early 1930s and were divorced in the 1950s.[10] She died in Scarborough in 1964.