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Ruth Nemzoff (1940-) is an American writer and legislator. She is a research scholar at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center. Nemzoff holds a B.A from Barnard College (1962), an M.A from Columbia University (1964), and an Ed.D from Harvard University (1979). Nemzoff is a former assistant minority leader of the New Hampshire legislature. In 1974, she became the first woman to serve while pregnant in a regular session in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and in 1982 she became New Hampshire's deputy commissioner of health and welfare. In 1988, she co-founded the National Women's Legislators Lobby.

Awards
• Featured in “Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975,” edited by Barbara Love, University of Illinois Press. • Regional Wise Award, Outstanding Contribution to Enlarging Opportunities for Women • New Hampshire Council for Better Schools Award for Outstanding Innovative Programs • Millicent Carey McIntosh Feminism Award from Barnard College 2007

Selected Works
Nemzoff, Ruth. Don’t Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws Into Family. New York: Palgrave MacMillian, 2012.

Nemzoff, Ruth. Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with your Adult Children. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008.