Gladys Aylward

Gladys Aylward

Gladys May Aylward (Chinese name: 艾偉德, pinyin: ài wěi dé) (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was the evangelical Christian missionary to China whose story was told in the book The Small Woman by Alan Burgess, published in 1957. In 1958, the story was made into the Hollywood film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, starring Ingrid Bergman.