Ruth Ball

Ruth Norton Ball (December 12, 1879 – December 12, 1960) (born Ruth Norton Ball) was a sculptor and a competitor in art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[1][2]

Biography

Ball was born to Charles and Ida Ball on December 12, 1879, in Madison, Wisconsin.^[3] She went on to become the Curator of Indian Arts at the San Diego Museum of Art.^[4] She taught stone sculpture at the San Diego Art Institute. Ball died in El Cajon, California on her birthday in 1960.