Ruth Bates Harris may be one of the most significant people of which you have never heard. I discovered her story as I researched a story about her fourth husband, Alfred McKenzie, for my Adventist Historical Footprints blog. The more I learned about her, the more I knew I needed to share her story. Born on August 27, 1919, in Washington, DC, Ruth never knew whether or not her parents were married. Raised by her father, Harry Delaney, for the first ten years of her life, she