Ruth
Pickering, the daughter of a successful businessman, was born in New
York City
in 1876.
After
studying at Vassar and Columbia University, Ruth became a journalist
and worked for left-wing magazines such as The
Masses,
The Nation and New
Republic.
Ruth
was also very active in the
women's suffrage
movement and for many years shared a house with Max
Eastman,
Crystal Eastman and Eugen Boissevain
(who later married Edna St Vincent Millay).
In
1919 Ruth married the wealthy lawyer, Amos
Pinchot. The
couple had two children, Mary
Pinchot and
Antoinette Pinchot. Regular
visitors to the home included Mabel Dodge,
Crystal
Eastman,
Max
Eastman,
Louis Brandeis and Harold
Ickes.
After her
marriage she became the dance and art critic of the The
Nation.
She continued to take an interest in politics and was involved in
the campaign to get Nicola
Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, released.
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