1949年全国解放后,格拉蒂丝·艾伟德因为是外国传教士被驱逐出中国大陆,回到英国故乡。不久,有个叫莱得梧(Hugh Redwood)的新闻记者采访了艾伟德。博格斯又把她在中国的传奇经历改编成广播连续剧在英国广播电台BBC播出。这之后,博格斯还把她的故事写成《小妇人》(The Small Woman)。艾伟德俨然成了家喻户晓的英雄。
Born on the Twenty-Fourth of February Nineteen Hundred and Two in London, England. She came to China in Nineteen Hundred and Thirty to preach the Gospel in response to the Lord's call, And became a citizen of the Republic of China in Nineteen Hundred and Forty one.She was laid to rest in the Lord at Taipei, Taiwan, on the Second Day of January, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy.