Ruby Ficklin Bryant (April 24, 1906 – January 3, 2002) was the ninth chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps.
After being one of the last students to graduate from the Army School of Nursing, Bryant first worked as a nurse for the Civilian Conservation Corps at Walter Reed General Hospital.
After becoming a member of the United States Army Nurse Corps, she was transferred to the Philippines, working at Fort Mills and Sternberg General Hospital.
Upon completion of her term as Chief of the Corps, she reverted to her permanent grade of lieutenant colonel and was assigned as Chief, Nursing Service, Medical Division, Europe.
She later served as Director, Nursing Activities, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, until she retired on 30 June 1961.