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Ruth DeYoung Kohler (August 24, 1906 – March 7, 1953) was a member of the Kohler family of Wisconsin, newspaper columnist, radio broadcaster, historian, preservationist and philanthropist.

Italic text==Early life and family== Ruth Miriam DeYoung was born in Harvey, Illinois on August 24, 1906, The daughter of Frederick Robert DeYoung, an Illinois supreme court justice, and Miriam C. Kappeler. She had one older brother named Herbert Cornell DeYoung (1903–1987).

She attended Smith College, graduating in 1928. Her thesis, titled The attitude of Poincare during July 1914 about Henri Poincaré, received Special honors from Smith College.

DeYoung married Herbert Vollrath Kohler, Sr. (1891–1968) in Chicago in 1937. The couple had three children: Herbert Vollrath Kohler Jr (b 1939), Ruth DeYoung Kohler II (b 1941), and Frederic Cornell Kohler (1943–1998).

Politics
In 1940 Kohler was selected by Wendell Willkie as a member of his presidential advisory committee. She was selected because of her position as a independent woman. She stated that for professional purpose she wanted be known as ''

As the same time she stated that her priority was as a mother to her son Herbert Kohler, Jr..