Fyfe, Ruth Moore, 1896-1990

Ruth Fyfe was an elementary school teacher and principal in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born November 25, 1896 in Ogden, Iwoa and graduated from Iowa State Teachers College in 1916. Fyfe moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when she was twenty-eight and began teaching at the Las Vegas Grammar School. She also worked as principal of Las Vegas Grammar School, Washington School in North Las Vegas, Nevada, and North Ninth Street School in Las Vegas until she retired in 1957. On December 9, 1964, the Ruth Fyfe Elementary School was named in her honor. Fyfe died November 25, 1990.

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"Longtime educator Fyfe dies." Las Vegas Review-Journal. January 23, 1990.

Ruth Fyfe, K. Oscar Knudson, and Fern Olive oral history interview, 1977 March 22. OH-01042. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.