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Ruth Cort

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Massachusetts
Support
Communism Civil Liberties
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Biography

Dr. Ruth Cort was a physician living in Britain with her husband, Dr. Joseph Cort, when British authorities declined to extend their residence. The couple moved to Czechoslovakia in 1954 while Joseph faced a United States draft-evasion indictment and threatened loss of citizenship. Ruth was not charged, arrested, or confined in the United States; her record concerns political exile rather than imprisonment.

Case

Charges: No criminal charge; British residence-permit denial and resulting political exile
Sentence: No arrest or confinement.
Convicted: No