Ruth Clark

For the politician in Colorado, see Ruth B. Clark. For the American opinion surveyor, see Ruth Clark (pollster).

Ruth Clark (Woodcraft name: Minobi, meaning Glad Heart)^[1] (29 November 1899 – 2 October 1964) was the author of the first woodcraft book for girls^[2] and an active original member of the Kibbo Kift.^[3]

Ruth Clark
Clark in Kibbo Kift attire, c.1923
Born	(1899-11-29)November 29, 1899 Sunderland
Died	October 2, 1964(1964-10-02) (aged 64) Scarborough
Pen name	Minobi
Nationality	British
Subject	Woodcraft
Literary movement	Kibbo Kift
Notable works	Camp Fire Training for Girls
Spouse	John Hargrave
Children	Ivan Gordon Hargrave

Clark authored and illustrated Camp Fire Training for Girls, the first woodcraft book for girls.^[4][5] Published in 1919, it had a foreword by Lady Baden-Powell.^[6]

Clark was a member of the Camp Fire Girls movement as a girl. She was the leader of The Merrie Campers group of woodcraft girls.^[1] She was a co-founder of the Kibbo Kift and incorporated her girls into it, but was not involved in the Green Shirt Movement for Social Credit.^[7]

Clark was born in Sunderland. She married John Hargrave on 28 November 1919.^[8][9] They had one son, Ivan Gordon Hargrave (1920–1992). Clark and Hargrave "parted company"^[4] in the early 1930s and were divorced in the 1950s.^[10] She died in Scarborough in 1964.

See also

• Scouting portal

• Elsie J. Oxenham
• Margaret Simey