Lotto winner, 40, who scooped £1m still works as midwife to be ‘a role model for her daughter’
A MIDWIFE who won £1 million on the lottery said she still works so her daughter has a role model with a good work ethic.
Admirable mum Ruth Breen, 40, won the life-changing sum on the EuroMillions UK Millionaire Raffle in 2014, but her passion for her job kept her from giving it up.
Despite being financially stable enough to quit her day job, Ruth, a mother of A-Level student Lucy, 16, said she decided to keep going so her daughter has the same work ethic as her.
She explained: "It is really important to me that my daughter has a parent and a role model with a good work ethic, so she understands you have to work hard in life to pursue your chosen career and she gets to see me do that.
"Everyone remembers their midwife — you may not always remember their name, but you always remember the experience."
It is really important to me that my daughter has a parent and a role model with a good work ethic, so she understands you have to work hard in life to pursue your chosen career and she gets to see me do that
Ruth Breen
The selfless careworker from Wigan has also been featured in an exhibition celebrating Florence Nightingale — famous for changing the way nurses were perceived during her time.
"It is really very humbling," added the 40-year-old.
"It is really exclusive, there are 22,000 midwives in the UK, and 280,000 nurses, but only 200 objects and people are featured.
"Those people have contributed so much more than I could ever think of, but I am not going argue."
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Ruth's lucrative lottery win is followed by another big EuroMillions win in the UK this week.
The National Lottery said someone in Britain had matched all the lucky numbers on Tuesday — scooping an eye-watering £58 million.
They were 05, 07, 08, 16 and 20 — while the Lucky Stars were 02 and 12.
