Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly
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5th February 2018
The Best of Both Worlds
Ruth Muskrat Bronson, class of 1925, belonged to two different worlds. On the one hand, her father was Cherokee, and she was raised in a Cherokee community in the Oklahoma territory. On the other hand, she attended a government-run boarding school and likely was exposed to white culture by her Irish mother, even if only through stories. From a young age, Bronson identified with both cultures, and she didn’t want to choose between the two.