Gress, Ruth A.
Biographical notes:
Ruth A. Gress obtained her B.A. at Fletcher College in Iowa and M.A. at the University of Michigan. Gress spent a term at the Garrett Biblical Institute in Illinois and a semester at Berkeley Baptist Divinity School in California. Gress was part of the Women's Division of Christian Services and traveled to China in 1939 where she was stationed in Nanping and Fukien. She worked as an English teacher in a co-educational high school and taught English classes in a nursing school of the Methodist Hospital. Gress was the director of youth work in the Nanping Methodist Church. Gress recorded her missionary experiences in a brief diary. After Gress returned to America, she corresponded with fellow missionary Ethel Wallace and was actively involved in national conferences concerning issues related to the Chinese population in America and Christianity among the Chinese population.
From the description of Ruth A. Gress papers [microform], 1939-1966. (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 229668718
From the description of Ruth A. Gress papers, 1939-1966. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 62391956
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Subjects:
- Chinese
- Chinese Americans
- Christianity
- Women missionaries
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- China--Fujian Sheng (as recorded)
- China--Nanping Shi (as recorded)
- China--Nanping Shi (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- China--Fujian Sheng (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
