Ruth Wedgworth (March 10, 1903 – December 9, 1995), a native of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, and long time resident of Belle Glade, FL, was a pioneer in Florida agriculture.

After her husband, Herman Wedgworth died in an accident in 1938, she took over the family businesses.

[1] Wedgworth's is a sugarcane and ranching business established in 1932 and headquartered in Belle Glade, Florida.

The company's former leader Ruth Springer Wedgworth was inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame[2] and received the Florida Department of State's Great Floridian title.

[4] Wedgworth's grows sugarcane on approximately 10,000 acres in Palm Beach County and operates 10,000 acres of ranch lands in Osceola, Okeechobee and Indian River Counties.