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BARBARA ATKINS RUHMAN

portrait of young woman in 1930s

Barbara Atkins Ruhman studied ballet with Edna McRae for 10 years and joined the American Ballet Theater upon graduating from Senn High School. While maintaining a career as a performer and ballet teacher back in Chicago, Barbara also pursued degrees in psychology and social work. She worked as a psychotherapist at the Chicago Academy for the Arts and volunteered with Career Transitions for Dancers.

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