- Ruby Hooper
Ruby T. Hooper (
October 5 ,1924 -October 12 ,2007 ) was an Americandietitian andpolitician fromNorth Carolina . Hooper made history when she became the first woman to run as a major party candidate forGovernor of North Carolina in 1984. cite news |first= |last= |title= Longtime N.C. aide Ruby Hooper dies|url=http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/219618.html|work=McClatchy Newspapers |publisher=Myrtle Beach Sun Times |date=2007-10-16 |accessdate=2007-11-05]Hooper was born on October 5, 1924, in
Saluda, North Carolina . cite news |first= |last= |title= Ruby T. Hooper, 83
url=http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071014/OBITUARIES/710140400|work=Blue Ridge Times-News |publisher= |date=2007-10-14 |accessdate=2007-11-05] She ran as a Republican Party candidate in the 1984 North Carolinagubernatorial election. However, she was defeated in the Republican primary byJames G. Martin , who went on to be elected the governor of North Carolina in thegeneral election .Ruby Hooper died on October 12, 2007 at Memorial Mission Hospital in
Asheville, North Carolina . She was 83 years old.External links
* [http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071014/OBITUARIES/710140400 Blue Ridge Times-News: Ruby Hooper obituary]
* [http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071015/NEWS/71015005 Blue Ridge Times-News: Services for Hooper to be held in Saluda]References
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