Ruth Fletcher

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Ruth Fletcher
Born
Nationality Canadian
Other namesRuth-Amma
Occupation(s) Missionary, Canadian Baptist Ministries
Years active1954-1968 [1] in India
Known forHer 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 [2] of A. V. Timpany, one of the pioneer missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Ministries. Ruth's mother, Dorothy Timpany [2] was a Medical Doctor at the Bethel Hospital, Vuyyuru.

Ruth studied at the Toronto Bible School between 1952-1953 [3] and later pursued graduate studies at the McMaster University [4] which awarded her a B.A. [4]

Some of the correspondence [5] of Ruth Fletcher is kept at Wheaton College, Illinois.

Educational offices
Preceded by
Mattie E. Curry
1941-1961
Principal,
Eva Rose York Bible Training and Technical School for Women,
Tuni, Andhra Pradesh, India

1962-1967
Succeeded by

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References

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. Recorder, Volume 68, Number 4, December 1962
  3. 1 2 1979 Baptist Yearbook, Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1966, p.298.
  4. Billy Graham Center Archives, Records of the Campus-in-the-Woods - Collection 184.
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