Edith Frances Ruth Bradley Holmes (November 26, 1924 – September 2, 2021) was an American linguist, educator, and polyglot who authored two Cherokee language textbooks.

[3] Holmes, a polyglot, was fluent in English, Russian, Portuguese, and French and proficient in German, Greek, Latin, and Spanish.

She taught Russian at Louisiana State University (LSU), TRW Reda Pump, and Phillips Petroleum Company.

[1] She was a Cherokee and Russian teacher of adult education courses in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

[1] Holmes was a member of the American Association of University Women and the Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnus Club.

Boren appointed Holmes on the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education from 1976 to 1985.