Ruby Terrill Lomax

"Cotton-Eyed Joe", performed by John and Ruby Lomax (1939).

Ruby Terrill Lomax (1886 – December 28, 1961) was an American educator and folklorist, who worked with her husband John A. Lomax to collect American folk songs,^[1] campaigned for women's education, and was Dean of Women at University of Texas at Austin. She was a founder of Delta Kappa Gamma which became an international society for educators.

^ "About this Collection - Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip | Digital Collections | Library of Congress". Memory.loc.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-22.

[1] "About this Collection - Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip | Digital Collections | Library of Congress". Memory.loc.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-22.

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