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The HIV/AIDS activist came to national prominence in the 1990s as a young child for her inspirational ... Ellen DeGeneres and many others. Aug. 18. Ruth Johnson Colvin, 107. She founded Literacy ...

Ruth Johnson Colvin, 107. She founded Literacy Volunteers ... Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981. Oct. 22.

Ruth Johnson Colvin, 107. She founded Literacy Volunteers of America ... The quirky comedy actor rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star in such favorites as “Young Frankenstein ...

Ruth Johnson Colvin was on the cusp of her 90th birthday in 2006 when President George W. Bush gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her life’s work promoting adult literacy.

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.

Colvin grew up Ruth Johnson, one of five children born to ... She was one of the “young women.” Ritchie and several of Colvin’s other friends are in her Ruth Colvin Bible and Book Club ...

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 ...