Ruth Harkin

Ruth Harkin
Deputy Counsel for the United States Department of Agriculture
In office
1979–1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
County Attorney of Story County, Iowa
In office
1973–1979
Personal details
Born
Ruth Raduenz

(1944-08-27) August 27, 1944
Vesta, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1968)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota (BA)
Catholic University of America (JD)

Ruth Harkin (née Raduenz; born 1944) is an American attorney who served as county attorney of Story County, Iowa, one of the first female prosecutors elected in the United States.