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== Masa muda ==
Aylward dilahirkan dalam keluarga kelas pekerja di [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]], [[North London]], pada tahun 1902. Orang tuanya adalah Thomas John Aylward dan Rosina Florence Aylward (née Whiskin). Saudara-saudaranya bernama Laurence dan Violet.<ref>{{Cite |url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/l/i/Ian-Blight/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0060.html{{self-published source|date=January 2013}}</ref><!-- Ia bekerja sebagai [[pembantu rumah tangga]] pada usia muda (14 tahun) tetapi selalu berambisi untuk menjadi misionaris ke luar negeri dan belajar dengan tekad bulat great untuk peran itu, tetapi ditolak karena latar belakang akademisi tidak memadai, dan [[:en:OMF International|China Inland Mission]], organisasi tempat dia mendaftarkan diri, memutuskan tidak mungkin baginya untuk belajar bahasa baru pada usianya.
 
Pada tahun 1932, ketika bekerja pada Sir [[Francis Younghusband]],<ref name=Berith>{{cite web|title=GLADYS AYLWARD – MISSIONARY TO CHINA|url=http://www.berithbpc.com/index.php/pastoral-exhortation/godly-men/221-gladys-aylward-missionary-to-china-ii-1902-1970|website=Berith}}</ref> ia menabung untuk membeli tiket kereta api ke [[:en:Yangcheng County|Yangcheng]], [[Shanxi Province]], Tiongkok.<!--The perilous trip took her across [[Siberia]] with the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]]. She was detained by the Russians, but managed to evade them with local help and got a lift from Japanese ship. She travelled across Japan with the help of the British Consul and took another ship to China.
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==Pekerjaan di Tiongkok==
Setibanya di [[Yangcheng County|Yangcheng]], Aylward bekerja fthbersama anseorang oldermisionaris missionaryperempuan tua, Jeannie Lawson, to foundmendirikan ''The Inn of the Eight Happinesses'' ("Penginapan Delapan Kebahagiaan").<ref name=jras>{{cite journal|title=Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|volume=44|work=[[Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society]]|year=2006|page=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=xfj5VNKpEunlsASdkYGIBg&id=iW8ZAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Gladys+Aylward%22+%22inn+of+the+eight%22+-wiki+-wikipedia&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22inn+of+the+eight%22+-wiki+-wikipedia}}</ref> ThereDi sana, sheia anddan MrsNy. Lawson nottidak hanya menyediakan onlypelayanan providedakomodasi hospitalitybagi forpara travelerstamu, buttetapi wouldjuga alsomembagikan sharecerita storiesmengenai aboutseseorang abernama man named [[JesusYesus]], indengan hopesharapan tountuk share themenyampaikan [[GospelInjil|Kabar Baik]]. <!--For a time she served as an assistant to the [[Government of the Republic of China|Chinese government]] as a "foot inspector" by touring the countryside to enforce the new law against [[footbinding]] young Chinese girls. She met with much success in a field that had produced much resistance, including sometimes violence against the inspectors.<ref name=Berith></ref>
 
Aylward became a Chinese citizen in 1936 and was a revered figure among the people, taking in orphans and adopting several herself, intervening in a volatile prison riot and advocating prison reform, risking her life many times to help those in need.<ref name="littlewoman">{{cite book|last=Burgess|first=Alan|authorlink=Alan Burgess|title=Gladys Aylward, The Little Woman|publisher=}}</ref> In 1938, the region [[Second Sino-Japanese War|was invaded by Japanese forces]], and Aylward led over 100 orphans to safety over the mountains, despite being wounded herself. She not only led the orphans to safety, but personally cared for them and led many of them to Christ. She never married, but spent her entire life devoting herself to Christ, and His work in the hearts of the people of China.