Emily Ruth Spriggs (b. c. 1872) of Gosport was accepted as a Church Missionary Society missionary in 1897 and left for service with the East Africa Mission in the same year. She served in Tanganyika, at Mamboya, Kongwa, Berega and Dodoma.
Reference: University of Birmingham, Special Collections Department, Online Archive Catalogue (http://calm.bham.ac.uk/DServeA/). Accessed May 2002.
From the guide to the Papers of Miss Emily Ruth Spriggs, 1897-1940, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)