Ruth Cheney Streeter
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Ruth Cheney Streeter was an American military officer who was the first director of the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve. In 1943, she became the first woman to attain the rank of major in t
Cheney Streeter in 1945
Thomas Winthrop Streeter Sr.
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Thomas Winthrop Streeter Sr. was a book collector whose collection of Americana was considered one of the most important of its kind.
Ruth Cheney Streeter
…Born Ruth Cheney on October 2, 1895, in Brookline, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1918. On June 23, 1917, she married Thomas W. Streeter; they went on to have four children. They lived in Morristown, New Jersey, where she was involved in civic affairs, and served as the first woman…
Thomas Streeter in 1919