Class ring, 1917
Scope and Contents
A 1917 class ring with a 14k gold band. The head of the ring is a rectangular, red stone with the a dragon in the center. The dragon was the 1917 class animal. To see a better-quality version of the ring design, see the 1917 class yearbook. The inside of the ring band has the initials R. J. L. indicating the owner could have been alumna Ruth Levy (Weigle). The engravings on the stone are backward, indicating the ring was also used as a seal.
Dates
- Creation: 1917
Biographical / Historical
Ruth J. Levy (Weigle) was an alumna from the class of 1917. She was the daughter of a well-respected rabbi in Pittsburgh, Dr. Joseph Levy. During her time at Bryn Mawr, she was an active member of the college’s tennis team. After graduation, she married Leon Falk Sr. sometime in the early 1920s. Levy was widowed in 1928. She later re-married to Jean-Jacques Weigle, a Swiss professor at the University of Pittsburgh, in 1931. The couple moved back to Switzerland soon after marrying. Ruth Levy passed away in 1935 due to pneumonia in Switzerland.
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