BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  Ruth used her education and her enquiring mind, analytical thoroughness and personal courage as tools in the struggle against apartheid and colonialism, and in working for a world committed to fairness, justice and the advancement of people. She read voraciously. She studied all manner of topics.
Ruth is credited with writing books on diverse topics ranging from Mozambican migrant workers to Libyan politics. There is a Chinese proverb – Shi Shi Qui Shi – seek truth from facts, that epitomised Ruth’s work.