[3] In October 1927 she took off from New York in the Stinson Detroiter American Girl, with George Haldeman as pilot, in an attempt to become the first woman transatlantic airplane flyer.

She married Walter Camp, Jr., son of the early football innovator, on August 29, 1929, but filed for divorce in Reno, Nevada, on November 14, 1932.

[9] She appears on the 29 May 1952 edition of You Bet Your Life under the name of Ruth King, where she mentions that she is writing her autobiography.

She worked as an executive secretary in the aviation industry in her later career,[10] hired by Howard Hughes who had initially forgotten who she was.

[11] In 2013, an inspirational juvenile book titled Flying Solo: How Ruth Elder Soared into America's Heart was published, written by Julie Cummins and illustrated by Malene R.