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Ruth Shipley

Ruth Bielaski Shipley (April 20, 1885 – November 3, 1966)[1] was an American government employee who served as the head of the Passport Division of the United States Department of State for 27 years, from 1928 to 1955. Her decisions to refuse passports were widely seen as undemocratic, dictatorial, whimsical and often personal.[2][3]

Ruth B. Shipley

Ruth Bielaski

April 20, 1885
Montgomery County, Maryland, U.S.

November 3, 1966 (aged 81)

Washington, D.C., U.S.

United States Department of State

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Alexander Bielaski (grandfather)
Oscar Bielaski (uncle)
A. Bruce Bielaski (brother)

Early life and education[edit]

Shipley was born Ruth Bielaski on April 20, 1885, in Montgomery County, Maryland, the daughter of a Methodist minister.[2] She attended high school in Washington, D.C., and took the civil service examination after graduating.

"Ruth Shipley: The State Department's Watchdog," Reader's Digest, vol. 59, July 1951.

Jeffrey Kahn (2013). Mrs. Shipley's Ghost: The Right to Travel and Terrorist Watchlists. University of Michigan Press.  978-0472118588.

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