Ruth Maxon Adams

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Dates of Birth and Death

1883-1970

Education

  • Vassar College
  • New York School of Applied Design for Women

Keywords

New York, interior design

Biography

Early life and education

Ruth Adams was born in 1883 and grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, where her father taught at Yale. She graduated from Vassar College in 1904, but did not intend to study architecture.

Career

In 1910, Adams enrolled in the New York School of Applied Design for Women interior design program. Five years later, after receiving numerous commissions from Vassar to remodel campus buildings, she opened her own interior design firm in New York.