Ruth Westheimer

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Ruth Westheimer: References & Edit History

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René Ostberg
René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica covering literature, popular music, and Catholicism.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Updated with her death.	Tracy Grant	Jul 13, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		May 31, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 10, 2024
	New article added.	Amy McKenna René Ostberg	May 16, 2023