Thomas, Ruth Hatcher, 1901-
Presbyterian missionary, nurse, educator; born August 17, 1901; attended the Christian & Missionary Alliance's Missionary Training Institute (1923-1925), Englewood Hospital in New Jersey, becoming a registered nurse (1932) and Wheaton College (1934); married Howard Thomas, 1934; worked for Wheaton College president, J. Oliver Buswell; received additional degrees from Cornell University in Education; worked in leper colony management and training in southwestern China, 1937-1941, 1946-1947; taught at Cornell University Montreat College in Swannanoa, North Carolina.
From the description of Oral history interview with Ruth Hatcher Thomas, 1985. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31200234
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| creatorOf | Thomas, Ruth Hatcher, 1901-. Oral history interview with Ruth Hatcher Thomas, 1985. | Billy Graham Archive & Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Thomas, Howard E., 1906-. Papers of Howard E. Thomas, [1946?], 1985. | Billy Graham Archive & Research Center |
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| associatedWith | Christian and Missionary Alliance. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935. | person |
| associatedWith | Sunday Evangelistic Campaign (1914 : Scranton, Pa.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Thomas, Howard E., 1906- | person |
| associatedWith | United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wheaton College (Ill.) | corporateBody |
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