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Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (September 7, 1926 – June 6, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress and political activist. She was one of the original members of the music quartet the Weavers, as a contralto with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman. ==Early life== Gilbert was born in New York City and considered herself a native New Yorker her whole life.〔(ronnie gilbert "Ronnie Gilbert: A RADICAL LIFE WITH SONGS" )〕 Her mother, Sarah,was a dressmaker and trade unionist, and her father, Charles Gilbert , was a factory worker.〔〔(Ronnie Gilbert profile at FilmReference.com )〕 Gilbert came to Washington, DC during World War II. She encountered Library of Congress folklorist Alan Lomax and Woody Guthrie and other folk singers. She went to Anacostia High School. She was almost expelled because of her resistance to participating in a minstrel show. She performed in the early 1940s with the Priority Ramblers before founding the Weavers with Pete Seeger.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronnie Gilbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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