Ruth Scott Miller (née Johnson; June 19, 1895 – September 14, 1984)[1] was an American music critic, violinist, author, and teacher.

She served as music critic for the Chicago Tribune and contributed to other periodicals such as The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal.

[11] In a self profile for the Ladies' Home Journal, Miller wrote that she dreamed of being a concert violinist from the age of eight: "Yearning to be a musician completely absorbed me for years.

[11] Chicago historian and music critic Hannah Edgar points out the novelty and significance of Miller's position: she was the first woman to fill that role, at a time when it was nearly unheard of for women to write under their own bylines outside the society section.

[15][16][17] She herself said that the Chicago Tribune "had a lot of readers and wanted a critic who could write for the masses and not for 'four or five thousand freak music lovers'.

Focusing on education, she argued in 1923, "What the industry of music really needs is a widespread presentation of both sides of the artistic curtain, back stage [sic] as well as out front".

[19][17] In March 1924, Miller moved to Sandwich, Massachusetts, and renovated a colonial-era home, which she profiled in a Saturday Evening Post article.

Between 1925 and 1927, she published three pieces with the Ladies' Home Journal, one romantic short story about music titled "Jazz Enthroned"[22] and two articles warning of the dangers of divorce and its links to child criminality.