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Ruth Buxton Sayre (January 25, 1896 – November 23, 1980) was born in
Indianola, Iowa Indianola is a city in Warren County, Iowa, United States, located south of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The population was 15,833 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Warren County. Indianola is home to the National Balloon ...
, United States. She was the American president of the
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, from 1947 until 1952. She was appointed to
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’s Agricultural Advisory Committee in 1953. In 1976 she was inducted into the
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. Her papers are held at the
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in Iowa City, Iowa. Her life is chronicled in the book ''Ruth Buxton Sayre: First Lady of the Farm'', by Julie McDonald. Sayre was an advocate for national and international social organizations with a rural, agricultural focus. Her involvement in the American Farm Bureau Federation began in 1922 and eventually led to an appointment as state chairman in 1930. Sayre also participated in the Rural Welfare Committee of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults.


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