Ruth May Fox

Ruth May Fox
3rd general president of the Young Women
1929  1937
Called byHeber J. Grant
PredecessorMartha H. Tingey
SuccessorLucy Grant Cannon
First Counselor in the general presidency of the Young Women
1905  1929
Called byMartha H. Tingey
PredecessorMaria Young Dougall
SuccessorLucy Grant Cannon
Personal details
BornRuth May
(1853-11-16)November 16, 1853
Westbury, Wiltshire, England
DiedApril 12, 1958(1958-04-12) (aged 104)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Resting placeSalt Lake City Cemetery
40°46′37″N 111°51′29″W / 40.777°N 111.858°W / 40.777; -111.858 (Salt Lake City Cemetery)
Spouse(s)Jesse William Fox
Children12

Ruth Fox (née May; November 16, 1853 – April 12, 1958) was a 19th-century English-born American women's rights activist in the Territory of Utah. Fox was a poet, hymn writer, and a leader of youth in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).