Las Vegas Sun

May 18, 2024

Ruby Duncan, second from left, is joined in 1981 at an open house in a home built by Operation Life, a nonprofit organization she headed, by, from left, Maya Miller, its board chairwoman; Robert Chapman; then-Clark County Commissioner Thalia Dondero; and then-Las Vegas Commissioner Ron Lurie. For two decades, Operation Life provided services directly to poor women.

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Ruby Duncan, second from left, is joined in 1981 at an open house in a home built by Operation Life, a nonprofit organization she headed, by, from left, Maya Miller, its board chairwoman; Robert Chapman; then-Clark County Commissioner Thalia Dondero; and then-Las Vegas Commissioner Ron Lurie. For two decades, Operation Life provided services directly to poor women.