LC control no. | n 95075179 |
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Personal name heading | McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010 |
Variant(s) | Zylska, Ruchel Dwajra, 1921-2010 Shilsky, Rachel Deborah, 1921-2010 Jordan, Ruth McBride-, 1921-2010 |
Found in | The color of water, 1996: CIP galley (Ruth Jordan; Jordan is family name of last husband; b. 4-1-21 in Poland; original Jewish birth name: Ruchel Dwajra Zylska; upon immigration, name changed to Americanized form: Rachel Deborah Shilsky, use of this form stopped in 1941; first husband's name: Andrew D. McBride; last husband's name: Hunter L. Jordan) Phone call to publisher, 08-15-95 (name used: Ruth McBride-Jordan) New York times WWW site, Jan. 19, 2010 (in obituary published Jan. 16: Ruth McBride Jordan; b. Ruchel Zylska, Apr. 1, 1921, in a small town near what is now Gdansk, Poland; m. Andrew McBride (d. 1957), Hunter Jordan (d. 1972); d. Jan. 9, Ewing, N.J., aged 88; subject of the book The color of water, by her son, James McBride) |