Ruth Graham Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Married life== Graham returned to the U.S. at the age of 17 in the fall of 1937, and enrolled at [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]], outside [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], where she met Billy Graham. They married on August 13, 1943. In 1945, after a brief stint as a suburban pastor, her husband became an evangelist for [[Youth for Christ]]. The Grahams moved to [[Montreat, North Carolina|Montreat]] near her parents where the Grahams continued to live for the rest of their married life. Despite her husband being one of the world's most famous [[Baptists]], Graham remained a [[Presbyterian]] and often taught [[Sunday School]].<ref name="wash"/> Between 1945 and 1958, Graham gave birth to five children, whom she raised – sometimes single-handedly – while her husband was away on extended national and international evangelistic crusades. Their three daughters and two sons are all actively involved in ministry, including eldest son [[Franklin Graham|Franklin]], who heads the [[Billy Graham Evangelistic Association]] (BGEA) founded by his father.<ref name="latimes"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page