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{{short description|American politician}}
{{distinguish|Ruby I. Gilbert}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Ruby Gilbert
|image       = 
|caption     = 
|state_house = Kansas
|district    = 89th
|term_start  = 1991
|term_end    = January 10, 2005
|preceded    = [[Theo Cribbs]]
|succeeded   = [[Melody McCray-Miller]]
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1929|12|19}}
|birth_place = [[Dallas, Texas]], U.S.
|death_date  = {{death date and age|2010|2|28|1929|12|19}}
|death_place =
|party       = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|education   =
|spouse      = Booker
|children    =
}}

'''Ruby Gilbert''' (December 19, 1929 &ndash; February 28, 2010) was an American politician.

Gilbert was born in [[Childress, Texas]] and was raised in [[Dallas]], Texas. In 1954, Gilbert moved to [[Wichita, Kansas]] and worked as a nurse's aide at Wesley Hospital in Wichita. Gilbert served in the [[Kansas House of Representatives]] from 1991 to 2004, from Wichita, and was the first African-American woman to be elected to the [[Kansas Legislature]]. Gilbert was appointed to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1991 to fill a vacancy and then was elected to the house in 1992. She was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. Gilbert died from cancer.<ref>[https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article1024275.html Gilbert a mentor, 'lady of integrity,']</ref><ref>[http://www.kansas.gov/government/legislative/journals/2010/sj0304.pdf Journal of the Kansas Senate-March 4, 2010-Senate Resolution 1832 Honoring Representative Ruby Gilbert-pg. 1131]</ref><ref>[https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/474521 Kansas Memory-Ruby Gilbert]</ref>

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