Ruth Putnam

Ruth Putnam (1856–1931) was an American historian, a member of the New York publishing family of G. P. Putnam's Sons and sister of George Haven Putnam. Educated at Cornell University, she specialized in the history of the Low Countries and the Burgundian lands in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Her books include William the Silent, Prince of Orange, A Mediaeval Princess, about Jacqueline of Hainault, Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy (1908) and California: The Name.