Ruby Archer (born Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

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, January 28, 1873, died Los Angeles, California

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, January 23, 1961) was an American poet.

She was educated at Kansas City High School and by private tutors. She was married to Dr. Frank Newland Doud on March 27, 1910 and later to Benjamin Franklin Gray. She contributed poems, translations from French and German dramas and lyrics, and prose articles on Art, Architecture, Music, Biblical Literature, Philosophy, etc. to papers and magazines. Her books include:

• Little Poems... (1900)
• Thought Awakening