Upon graduation, she moved to Greenwich Village, New York, where she lived in a communal house with Crystal Eastman, and several other writers, artists, and thinkers.
[3] Ruth contributed to primarily left leaning publications such as The Masses, The Nation and The New Republic.
[1] As a writer for The Nation, Ruth authored an essay reflecting on the development of her own views of feminism as part of a series called "These Modern Women," which published over 1926 and 1927.
[5] By the late 1920s, Ruth became an art and dance critic, leaving behind many of the topics covered earlier in her career.
Her objections to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs solidified her rightward shift.