Ruth Fletcher

Ruth Fletcher
Born	Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Ruth-Amma
Occupation	Missionary, Canadian Baptist Ministries
Years active	1954-1968[1] 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^[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 CBM 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 the Wheaton College, Illinois.

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. Link and Visitor, January 1959, p.35
3. Recorder, Volume 68, Number 4, December 1962
4. 1979 Baptist Yearbook, Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1966, p.298.
5. Billy Graham Center Archives, Records of the Campus-in-the-Woods - Collection 184.

Further reading

• Susanne Powers (1963). "Dohnavur in Tidings" (PDF) (Third Quarter).