Original: Ruth Elizabeth Harkness (21 September 1900   20 July 1947) was an American fashion designer and socialite, who traveled to China in 1936 and brought back the first live giant panda to the United States - not in a cage, or on a leash, but wrapped in her arms.
Simplified: She traveled to China in 1936 and brought back the first live giant panda to the United States.