The 2024 Ruth Ratner Miller Award for Excellence in American History
Tue, September 24, 2024The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library will present the 2024 Ruth Ratner Miller Award to Jacqueline Jones, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in History on Saturday, October 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Goodwin Forum of the Main Library. Established in 1998, the Miller Award is given each year in memory of Ruth Ratner Miller by her four children to honor the life of their mother, Ruth, who believed passionately that understanding history was not merely desirable but a civic and religious duty. Previous recipients of the award include Annette Gordon-Reed, Nathaniel Philbrick, David Hackett Fischer, Jill Lepore, Heather Cox Richardson, and Sean Wilentz, among other esteemed historians. [Register for Miller Award Event]