Editing Ruth Graham (section)

{{Short description|American author (1920–2007)}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Ruth Graham
| image       = Reverend Billy Graham and Mrs. Ruth Graham with George W. Bush and his twin girls.jpg
| caption     = Graham (''left'') with her husband (''right'') and [[George W. Bush]] (''middle'') in 1983
| birth_name  = Ruth McCue Bell
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1920|6|10}}
| birth_place = [[Huai'an|Qingjiang]], [[Jiangsu]], [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]]
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2007|6|14|1920|6|10}}
| death_place = [[Montreat, North Carolina]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Billy Graham Library]]
| occupation  = Philanthropist, poet, author, painter
| other_names = Ruth Bell Graham
| spouse      = {{marriage|[[Billy Graham]]|1943}}
| children    = 5, including [[Gigi Graham|Gigi]], [[Anne Graham Lotz|Anne]] and [[Franklin Graham|Franklin]]
| parents     = [[L. Nelson Bell]]<br />Virginia Leftwich
| website     = 
}}
'''Ruth McCue Bell Graham''' (June 10, 1920 – June 14, 2007) was a Chinese-born American [[Christians|Christian]] author. She was born in [[Huai'an|Qingjiang]], [[Jiangsu]], [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]], the second of five children. Her parents, Virginia Leftwich Bell and [[L. Nelson Bell]], were medical missionaries at the [[Presbyterian]] Hospital {{convert|300|mi|km}} north of [[Shanghai]]. At age 13 she was enrolled in [[Pyongyang Foreigners School|Pyeng Yang Foreign School]] in [[Pyongyang]], [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea]], where she studied for three years. She completed her high school education at [[Montreat, North Carolina]], while her parents were there on furlough. She graduated from [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] in [[Wheaton, Illinois]].

Ruth met her husband [[Billy Graham]] at Wheaton College. They were married in the summer of 1943, shortly after their graduation. Ruth Graham became a minister's wife for a brief period in [[Western Springs, Illinois]]. She lived out the rest of her life in Montreat, North Carolina. The Grahams have five children: Virginia (Gigi), [[Anne Graham Lotz|Anne]], Ruth, [[Franklin Graham|Franklin]], and Nelson Edman (Ned), 19 grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren.

Graham wrote [[#Bibliography|a number of books]], including some co-authored with her daughter Gigi Graham.