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Birth Date and Place: Born in Topeka, Kansas in 1907 Education: •High school-Kansas City •Advanced in science •University of Kansas in Laurence •Biology department •Continued education in the University of Virginia •Chose the University of Virginia. •Freshman to Coker Collage in South Carolina. •Got her Bachelor’s Degree at Coker Collage in 1929 Environmental Issue: Water pollution, Pollution that contaminants water Studied Conestoga basin. Ruth Patrick Early Interests: Ruth’s father inspired her “My father treated me the way he would treat a son.” Her father would take her and her sister into the woods every Sunday. Early interests (Continued): She was interested in diatoms which were tiny, singled celled forms of algae which needed clean water to live. She liked studying drops of water. Education (Continued): Freshman to Coker Collage in South Carolina. Got her Bachelor’s Degree at Coker Collage in 1929 Polluted Water PRETTY POLUTED WATER.jpg Ruth Patrick RUTH PATTIRCJ.jpg Dr. Ruth Patrick sdfjkghasdjgh.jpg