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Ruth Branchor Brotman, 102
Oak Park, IL
“She wanted Hillary for president in 2008, but luckily has lived long enough to vote for her again now”
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Born January 1914 in New York, NY
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Worked as copywriter for several Madison Avenue advertising agencies
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Hired “a bearded guy with some puppets” (Jim Henson) for one of the Muppets’ first gigs, a fabric-manufacturer ad
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Was in the first class of docents at Museum of Modern Art, where she volunteered more than two decades and edited a department newsletter for a time
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Two daughters
“My mother was a pioneering career woman and a lifelong fierce feminist,” says her daughter. “She wanted Hillary for president in 2008, but luckily she has lived long enough to vote for her again now.”
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