. ▁H utton ▁An cker ' s ▁ancest ors ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Blo oms burg , ▁Pennsylvania ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 0 ; ▁they ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁sett lers ▁there . ▁H utton ▁An cker ' s ▁grand father , ▁Daniel ▁S ny der , ▁don ated ▁the ▁ten ▁acres ▁on ▁which ▁the ▁local ▁normal ▁school ▁was ▁built . ▁Many ▁years ▁later , ▁Ruth ▁H utton ▁was ▁a ▁student ▁in ▁the ▁school , ▁now ▁Blo oms burg ▁University ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁She ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 8 . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁An ker ▁earned ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁fine ▁arts ▁at ▁Columbia ▁University ▁ ▁in ▁New ▁York . ▁She ▁continued ▁her ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Museum ▁School , ▁Par s ons ▁School ▁of ▁Design , ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁New ▁Mexico ▁and ▁C inc inn ati ▁Art ▁Academy . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁H utton ▁An cker ▁began ▁her ▁visual ▁arts ▁career ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁as ▁a ▁fashion ▁illustr ator ▁and ▁designer , ▁working ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁Paris . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁she ▁was ▁employed ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁office ▁of ▁Women ' s ▁W ear ▁Daily . ▁She ▁told ▁the ▁Mor ning ▁Press ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁produced ▁thousands ▁of ▁illustr ations , ▁but ▁the ▁original s ▁were ▁purchased ▁by ▁various ▁publications ▁and ▁few ▁examples ▁surv ived . ▁In ▁New ▁York , ▁she ▁studied ▁under ▁Or on z io ▁M ald arel li ▁for ▁several ▁years , ▁and ▁it