page_title: Ruth Ward Kahn
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Ruth Ward Kahn / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Ruth Ward Kahn
context_page_description: Ruth Ward Kahn was a Jewish American lecturer and writer. She was a contributor to Woman's Home Companion, Arena, Popular Science, and other publications. She traveled in Bermuda, Mexico, Hawaii, and the South Sea Islands; and lectured in 20 states. She was the author of "Gertrude"; The First Quarter, 1898; and other works. She was a member of the Incorporated Society of Authors of London, as well as the National Woman's Press Association, of which she served as the vice-president for its Colorado branch.
context_section_description: In January 1891, she married Lee Kahn, M.D. (1867–1899) in Denver's Temple Emanuel. On their return from the South Sea Islands, she published in the Popular Science News a noted paper on "Hawaiian Ant Life." She contributed to the Denver Commonwealth, and Rocky Mountain News, to the American Israelite, of Cincinnati, New Orleans Picayune, Elmira Telegram, and the St. Louis Jewish Voice. She  brought out an epic poem, "Gertrude", and a novel, The Story of Judith.
  Her lectures in many cities and states were praised. At the Woman's Congress, held in connection with the Cotton States and International Exposition, her address on "A Stranger in a Strange Land" was spoken of as "a notably eloquent effort, and one oi the best heard in Assembly Hall". Kahn made a very thorough study of Hawaii and Bermuda, and lectured on the customs, the manners, and the scenery of these islands. Aside from her literary work and her lectures and readings, she devoted effort to the welfare and happiness of needy women and children.
  Kahn was one of the youngest members of the Incorporated Society of Authors, of London, England, which society she joined in 1890. She was an honorary member of the Authors' and Artists' Club, Kansas City, Missouri, and of the Woman's National Press Association.
caption: Ruth Ward Kahn (1896)
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