Ruth Fletcher | |
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Born | Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Other names | Ruth-Amma |
Occupation(s) | Missionary, Canadian Baptist Ministries |
Years active | 1954-1968 in India |
Known for | Her work at the Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women in Tuni |
Ruth Fletcher was the third Principal of the Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women in Tuni. Ruth was the great granddaughter of A. V. Timpany, one of the pioneer missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Ministries. Ruth's mother, Dorothy Timpany was a Medical Doctor at the Bethel Hospital, Vuyyuru.
Ruth studied at the Toronto Bible School between 1952-1953 and later pursued graduate studies at the McMaster University which awarded her a B.A.
Some of the correspondence of Ruth Fletcher is kept at Wheaton College, Illinois.
Educational offices | ||
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Preceded byMattie E. Curry 1941-1961 |
Principal, Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women, Tuni, Andhra Pradesh, India 1962-1967 |
Succeeded byWinnifred Paskall, 1968-1974 |
References
- Notes
- C. L. Johnson (Edited), Canadian Baptist Mission 125 year's Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999, p.34.
- ^ Link and Visitor, January 1959, p.35
- Recorder, Volume 68, Number 4, December 1962
- ^ 1979 Baptist Yearbook, Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1966, p.298.
- Billy Graham Center Archives, Records of the Campus-in-the-Woods - Collection 184.
- Further reading
- Susanne Powers (1963). "Dohnavur in Tidings" (PDF) (Third Quarter).
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