Ruth Gage-Colby

Ruth Gage-Colby was "a lecturer on world affairs and a longtime advocate for peace".

She was married to Woodard L. Colby and is survived by a son, Gage, of St. Paul.

Ruth Gage-Colby died Sept. 25 1984 at the age of 85 years old. Gage-Colby lived in Daytona Beach, Florida., had circled the globe many times and made more than 30 visits to Japan.

UN work

As a free-lance journalist, Gage-Colby covered the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945 and was one of the founders of the United Nations Correspondents Association.

Mrs. Gage-Colby was a representative to the United Nations for the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom. She also was a representative for the American Humanist Society of Metropolitan New York.

National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee

As of May 1964, Ruth Gage-Colby, National Board, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, was listed as a sponsor of the Communist Party USA front, National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner

On April 28, 1966 Ruth Gage-Colby was a sponsor of the Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner. The dinner was held on the occasion of Herbert Aptheker's 50^th birthday, the publication of his 20^th book, and the 2^nd anniversary of the American Institute for Marxist Studies. It was held in the Sutton Ballroom, The New York Hilton, Avenue of the Americas, 53^rd to 54^th Street, New York City. Most speakers, organizers and sponsors were known members or supporters of the Communist Party USA.

American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born

In the late 1960s Ruth Gage-Colby was listed as a Sponsor of American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born.

GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee

Circa 1969, Ruth Gage-Colby, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom , was listed as a sponsor of the Socialist Workers Party led GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee .

American-Korean Friendship and Information Center

On Feb. 27, 1971, Ruth Gage-Colby, United Nations Representative of Women's International League for Peace & Freedom and United Nations, was listed as an initiating sponsor of the American-Korean Friendship and Information Center. The Center, a front for the Communist Party USA, was established to promote the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea and Vietnam.

"A letter to Congress" on North Korea

In 1974, approximately 50 prominent, mainly Communist Party USA aligned leftists, signed a "Letter to Congress" on the situation regarding North Korea.

"For a quarter of a century the people of all Korea have needed such a peace agreement. The American People are ready for it. The People of the world deserve it. Peaceful coexistence must replace war and the threat of war. Negotiations must replace confrontation."

"Therefore, we the undersigned, concerned about the dangerous conditions in Korea earnestly appeal to you, and to all peace-minded Americans to join together in combining our reason and our political influence to secure the peaceful resolution of this problem."

The letter to Congress was in response to a March 25th, 1974 letter from the Supreme Peoples Assembly of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to the United States Congress.

The signatories which included Ruth Gage-Colby United Nations Representative Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, urged Congress to act on North Korea's Concerns.