author
Ruthe S. Wheeler
Adventure, ambition, and fast-moving careers shape these lively stories for young readers. Best known for books like Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines and the Janet Hardy novels, this American author wrote fiction that let girls step into the exciting worlds of aviation, journalism, and entertainment.
4 Audiobooks
Helen in the Editor's Chair
by Ruthe S. Wheeler
Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines
by Ruthe S. Wheeler
Janet Hardy in Hollywood
by Ruthe S. Wheeler
Janet Hardy in Radio City
by Ruthe S. Wheeler
About the author
Ruthe S. Wheeler was an American writer of popular juvenile fiction. Project Gutenberg lists several of her novels, including Jane, Stewardess of the Air Lines, Helen in the Editor's Chair, Janet Hardy in Hollywood, and Janet Hardy in Radio City.
The books associated with her name often center on capable young heroines entering modern, energetic fields such as airline travel, newspaper work, film, and radio. That mix of everyday determination and big adventure gives her stories a distinctly early-20th-century charm.
Reliable biographical details about her life are scarce in the sources I could confirm. One cataloging source identifies her legal name as Ruthe W. Dean, gives the dates 1903 to 1980, and notes a connection to Porterville, California, but because fuller biographical coverage was limited, it is safest to treat her today mainly as an author remembered through her surviving books.