Backof, Ruth
Person
Biography
Little is known about Ruth Backof Parker, a St. Louisan who was born circa 1898 to Jessie and Otto Backof, a local St. Louis attorney. Ruth Backof was a graduate of McKinley High School and was studying to be a teacher. She also seems to have worked at Chapilon Advertising Company. During World War I, she wrote many letters to soldiers as part of the civilian home-front effort to support those abroad. She later married John Parker and had two children.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Ruth Backof Collection
Collection
Identifier: 655
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters from American soldiers and sailors in World War I to their friends and families at home. The soldiers provide descriptions of war-torn France, influenza and vaccinations, encounters with different cultures, their training activities and daily duties, their feelings about the war, homesickness, and their appreciation of civilian home-front activities in support of those overseas.
The American recipients of the letters were Ruth Backof of St....
Dates:
1917-1919