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In addition to her award from the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]], Sutton received the 1987 Y.W.C.A. Women of Achievement Award in the area of "human and civil rights." In 1989 she received the Ruby Sutton Award from the Dubuque branch of the [[NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (N.A.A.C.P.)]] and the N.A.A.C.P. Peacemaker Award in 1999. In 2010 Sutton was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame. In 2009 she retired from Operation New View after thirty-six years of service. | In addition to her award from the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]], Sutton received the 1987 Y.W.C.A. Women of Achievement Award in the area of "human and civil rights." In 1989 she received the Ruby Sutton Award from the Dubuque branch of the [[NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (N.A.A.C.P.)]] and the N.A.A.C.P. Peacemaker Award in 1999. In 2010 Sutton was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame. In 2009 she retired from Operation New View after thirty-six years of service. | ||
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Revision as of 03:00, 21 August 2013
SUTTON, Ruby. (New Orleans, IA- ). Recipient, FIRST CITIZEN AWARD, 1984. Sutton became one of Dubuque's most often identified activists for racial understanding. She moved to Dubuque in 1959. She began her work in the community in the early 1970s as a volunteer with River Valley, Inc., an agency involved with the war on poverty. Later she was an employee of the agency and its successor, Operation New View. She directed the Washington Opportunity Center in Dubuque and similar agencies in Delaware and Jackson counties.
Among Sutton's volunteer efforts in Dubuque included activity with the Dubuque Housing and Realtors Board, Correctional Services Advisory Board, Consortium on Aging Network, Equal Opportunity Commission, Teenage Pregnancy Task Force, and the YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.W.C.A.). As a member of the Dubuque Human Rights Commission for more than twenty years, she fought to remove Clarence W. "Rainbow" DUFFY for printing ethnic and racial jokes in a neighborhood newsletter.
Sutton's efforts to combat racism included membership in the Urban Potential Committee that brought Reverend C. T. Vivian from Georgia to deliver seminars on racial issues. Sutton also participated in the Equity Education Committee of the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT that worked toward the development of a cross-cultural curriculum. She also worked with the Dubuque Community Food Pantry, Dubuque Area Congregations United, Project Concern, Dubuque Dispute Resolution Center, Dubuque Police Department Community Advisory Board, Dubuque Community Schools Education Advisory Committee and the Mercy Medical Center Institutional Ethics Committee.
In addition to her award from the TELEGRAPH HERALD, Sutton received the 1987 Y.W.C.A. Women of Achievement Award in the area of "human and civil rights." In 1989 she received the Ruby Sutton Award from the Dubuque branch of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (N.A.A.C.P.) and the N.A.A.C.P. Peacemaker Award in 1999. In 2010 Sutton was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame. In 2009 she retired from Operation New View after thirty-six years of service.
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"Ruby Sutton," Iowa Commission on the Status of Women. Online: http://www.women.iowa.gov/about_women/HOF/iafame-sutton.html