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'''Ruby T. Hooper''' (October 5, 1924 – October 12, 2007) was an American [[dietitian]], healthcare food service director, and [[politician]] from [[North Carolina]]. In 1984, Hooper made history by becoming the first woman to run for [[Governor of North Carolina]] as a major party candidate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com/obituary/152770|title=Obituary {{!}} Ruby Thompson Hooper {{!}} McFarland Funeral Chapel|date=2018-01-16|access-date=2018-01-16|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116195157/http://www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com/obituary/152770|archive-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>

== Education and personal life ==
Hooper was born in [[Saluda, North Carolina]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="br">{{cite news |title= Ruby T. Hooper, 83
|url=http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071014/OBITUARIES/710140400|work=[[Blue Ridge Times-News]] |date=2007-10-14 |access-date=2007-11-05}}</ref> She earned an [[associate degree]] from [[Mars Hill University|Mars Hill College]] in 1943 and a [[bachelor's degree]] from the [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro|University of North Carolina, Greensboro]] in 1945.<ref name=":0" /> She married John O. Hooper in 1946. They had one child, Dr. Elizabeth Hooper Jackson. Hooper died on October 12, 2007, at Memorial Mission Hospital in [[Asheville, North Carolina]]. She was 83 years old.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="br" />

== Career and Political Activity ==
Following college graduation in 1946, Hooper began work as an assistant dietitian [[Broughton Hospital]]. In 1953, she became director of food service at Broughton Hospital, a position she held until retirement in 1982.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="br" />

Hooper served as the chairperson of the [[Burke County, North Carolina|Burke County]] Republican Party and unsuccessfully sought election to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1982.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://ead.archives.ncdcr.gov/PC_1932_Ruby_T__Hooper_Collectio.html|title=Ruby T. Hooper Collection (PC.1914)|website=State Archives of North Carolina Finding Aids|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915152702/http://ead.archives.ncdcr.gov/PC_1932_Ruby_T__Hooper_Collectio.html|archive-date=2015-09-15|url-status=dead|access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref> She later ran as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] candidate in the 1984 North Carolina [[gubernatorial]] election. However, she was defeated in the Republican primary by [[James G. Martin]], who went on to be elected the governor of North Carolina in the [[general election]]. She served as deputy secretary of the Department of Human Resources in Martin's administration.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> She resigned from this position in 1991 to seek the nomination as the Republican gubernatorial candidate. She lost the nomination to Lt. Gov. [[Jim Gardner (politician)|James C. Gardner]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Hooper was also involved with the N.C. Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, the N.C. Caring Program for Children, and served as secretary on the Governor's Advisory Council on Aging.<ref name=":0" />

Among other awards, Hooper was named Burke County Woman of the Year in 1984, recognized as the Mars Hill College 1987 Alumna of the Year, and received a community service award from the Governor in 1990.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/polk/obits.html|title=Polk County, North Carolina Genealogy and History|last=Group|first=Genealogy Trails History|website=genealogytrails.com|access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071014/OBITUARIES/710140400 Blue Ridge Times-News: Ruby Hooper obituary]
*[http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071015/NEWS/71015005 Blue Ridge Times-News: Services for Hooper to be held in Saluda]

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