Guide to the Ruth Winifred Bradley Papers

Ruth Winifred Bradley was born in 1895 in Castile, New York. She graduated from Cornell University in 1919. In 1922 she was appointed a missionary to Colombia by the PCUSA. On this field she served as an educational missionary, teaching in English and Spanish at the Girls' Day and Boarding School at Barranquilla 1920-1960. She also served at various times as vice-principal and as supervisor of the elementary department of the school. She was a consultant to the primary day schools of the mission in the city and in the country and did educational itineration. She retired in 1960.