Ruth Johnson Colvin received the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from President George W. Bush at a ceremony at the White House in 2006.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and received the nation’s highest civilian award, the ...

Bush, right, bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ruth Johnson Colvin, from Syracuse, N.Y., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 15, 2006. (AP Photo ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and received the nation’s highest civilian award, ...

Ruth Johnson Colvin, the extraordinary woman who started a literacy organization in her basement that turned into the global movement called Literacy Volunteers of America, has died at 107. Sunday ...

Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and received the nation’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and received the nation’s highest civilian award ...