What is Gladys Aylward?
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Gladys May Aylward | image = Gladys Aylward.jpg | caption = Missionary to China | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1902|2|24}} | birth_place = London, England, UK | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1970|1|3|1902|2|24}} | death_place = [[Taiwan]] | nationality = British | other_names = {{Script|Hant|艾偉德}} | citizenship = British subject (1902-1936)<br>Republic of China (1936-1970) | education = Silver Street School, Edmonton, London | occupation = Christian missionary | known_for = Christian Missionary to China | organization = Gladys Aylward Orphanage }} '''Gladys May Aylward''' (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was a British-born [[Evangelism|evangelical Christian]] [[missionary]] to China, whose story was told in the book ''The Small Woman'', by Alan Burgess, published in 1957. ==Film of her life== The life of Gladys Aylward was made into the film ''[[The Inn of the Sixth Happiness]]'', starring [[Ingrid Bergman]], in 1958. The film was produced by [[Twentieth Century Fox]], and filmed entirely in North Wales and England. Many things in the film were not true to the life of Gladys. However, it brought her some fame. This allowed her to speak to groups in many countries about her true work and love for [[Jesus]]. ==Missionary service== Gladys was not accepted by missionary societies due to her lack of education. She saved money for the train fare. She went to China on her own to work with an older woman. After that woman, Jeannie Lawson, died, Gladys took over her work. Much of her life was spent caring for orphans. During the Second World War, she rescued many orphans who had been abandoned or whose parents had been killed. This involved dangerous journeys with the children to get away from places where the war was raging. She finally settled in [[Taiwan]] in 1958. There, she founded the Gladys Aylward Orphanage,<ref>''IDEA - Magazine of the Evangelical Alliance