Ruth Jamison.

Ruth is known for her sweetness and arresting beauty. She teaches Vacation Bible School in Alabama while staying with the Threadgoodes. She falls in love with Idgie and keeps her stable for awhile until she has to return to Georgia to marry Frank Bennet, the man she was promised to. Ruth is a strong woman and endures many things in her life, such as being married to an abusive husband, having to raise a child on her own and cancer.