death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
21 august 2015 washington , d.c , u.s. elmhurst , new york , u.s. ruth leger sivard 25 november 1915 robert sivard ruth sivard
 ruth lucille leger economist
ruth sivard

ruth leger sivard -lrb- november 25 , 1915 -- august 21 , 2015 -rrb- was an american economist .
she worked at the arms control and disarmament agency from 1961 to 1971 , drawing attention to excessive military budgets by compiling data on international defense spending .
