Ruth Wedgworth

matriarch of muck agriculture

Person class

institutional connector

Placed at

1932: first documented activity

Place

Belle Glade, Palm Beach County

District

The Glades

Geography scope

network extension palm beach glades

Status as of 12 September 2026

Died 1995; Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1988.

Connections

3 edges, 3 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.001 (rank 123 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.005 (rank 57) · outside endpoint share 0.33

Confidence

High · sources: [WRUTH] [AGHOFR] [WEDGH] (register)

She takes control of the family operation on Herman Wedgworth's death in 1938 and builds it into a major agribusiness; she is a founding member of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association and a charter member of the growers cooperative [WRUTH][AGHOFR][WEDGH].

Connections

Location and lineage

• unit or member ofSugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Floridacharter member of the cooperative1960
• foundedWedgworth's Inc and Wedgworth Farmsco founder; leads the company from 19381932
• foundedFlorida Fruit & Vegetable Associationfounding member of the association1943