Ruth Stafford Peale

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Ruth Stafford Peale (born September 10, 1906 in Fonda , Iowa as Loretta Ruth Stafford , † February 6, 2008 in Pawling , New York ) was an American writer, editor and functionary of numerous organizations.

biography

In 1913 she moved to Detroit with her parents' household . There she graduated from high school. She then graduated from Syracuse University .

In 1930 she married Norman Vincent Peale . Two years later they moved to New York City , where he became a pastor at Marble Collegiate Church . In 1945 the Peale couple founded the Foundation for Christian Living , of which Ruth Stafford Peale was chairwoman and managing director into old age. While her husband did more of the content-related work in speech and writing, she took care of the greater part of the organization of the joint venture, initially in the smaller circle of her church, later on a larger scale.

From 1952 to 1954 she was Vice President of the National Council of Churches of the USA . She was the first woman to chair the National Board of North American Missions of the Reformed Church in America and a number of other ecclesiastical and university bodies.

She played a major role in the fact that the later bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking , written by her husband, could appear. After the book had been rejected by several publishers, her husband had lost heart. She took on the task of introducing the book to other publishers and finally got it published - by 2008 in 42 languages ​​and a total of 20 million copies.

From 1952 to 1968, the Peale couple presented the weekly advice program What's Your Trouble? Every week they received about 5,000 letters from viewers seeking advice. Ruth Stafford Peale is a regular contributor to Reader's Digest , The Saturday Evening Post, and Woman's Day . From 1947 on, she and her husband published the jointly founded magazine Guideposts , which at the time of her death had a circulation of 2,500,000 and is one of the 25 highest-circulation magazines in the USA.

In the biographical film One Man's Way (1964) about the life of Norman Vincent Peale (actor: Don Murray ) Ruth Stafford Peale was played by actress Diana Hyland .

Their marriage resulted in two daughters and a son. She became the grandmother of eight grandchildren and had 14 great-grandchildren during her lifetime.

Works

As an author and co-author
  • The Adventure of Being a Wife. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs 1971. ISBN 0-13-013946-7
  • Secrets of Staying in Love. Nelson, Nashville 1984. ISBN 0-8-4075910-X
  • Discovering the Power of Positive Thinking (together with Norman Vincent Peale). Peale Center for Christian Living, Pawling 2000. (without ISBN)
  • A Lifetime of Positive Thinking (together with Jo Kadlecek). Guideposts, Carmel 2001. (without ISBN)
As editor
  • Guideposts , ed. by Norman Vincent Peale and Ruth Stafford Peale. Guidepost Associates, Pawling 1947ff. ISSN  0017-5331

literature

  • Ruth Stafford Peale, 101, Dies; Helped Ministry Flourish , New York Times, Feb. 7, 2008

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “As her husband habitually buried himself in sermons, writing and counseling, Mrs. Peale took over much of the organizational work, first in their own church, then in larger circles.”, The New York Times, February 7, 2008.
  2. ^ National Committee of North American Missions of the Reformed Church in America
  3. ↑ Guideposts Magazine , visited on 9 February, 2008.
  4. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DB123FF935A15751C1A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 , The New York Times, December 26, 1993, accessed February 13, 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Stafford Peale, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Fonda , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2008
Place of death Pawling , New York