An edition of Western Daughters in Eastern Lands (2013)

Western Daughters in Eastern Lands

British missionary women in Asia

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An edition of Western Daughters in Eastern Lands (2013)

Western Daughters in Eastern Lands

British missionary women in Asia

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This book provides a compelling narrative history of the experiences and achievements of female British missionaries in China, India, and Africa during the 19th century and first half of the 20th century—the first such account available. British missionary service in the 1800s and 1900s entailed far more than visiting a foreign country to conduct bible lessons. These devoted workers embarked on dangerous journeys to their new homes, where they set up elementary schools, ran makeshift hospitals, and administered orphanages—all while suffering tremendous hardships of poverty, climate, mental and physical stresses, and political oppression. It is little known today that many of these anonymous and overachieving missionaries were women. Despite the fact that by the early 20th century female missionaries began to outnumber their male counterparts, there are few publications that document the contributions of women to the missionary movement against a backdrop of civil unrest, famine, and war. Western Daughters in Eastern Lands: British Missionary Women in Asia provides accurate and insightful information to rectify this glaring omission. In this book, author Rosemary Seton draws upon memoirs, letters, diaries, and mission records to create a unique and fascinating history of the British women whose sense of vocation took them to the East. As most British missionary women of this period were Anglicans, Baptists, Congregationalists, and Methodists, the focus is upon Protestant missionaries; Catholics are also included, however. Through these sources, a clear picture of women missionaries emerges: their social background and motivation; their lives on the mission-field and their place in mission hierarchies; their selection and training; and their educational, evangelical, and medical work. The book concludes with an assessment of their achievements and impact on foreign societies. - Publisher.

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Praeger
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Table of Contents

The making of the British female missionary
Responding to the call: motivation, selection, training, and preparation
Life on the mission field
The structure and organization of women's missionary work
Missionary women and education
Missionary women and medical aid
Missionary women and evangelism

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Published in
Santa Barbara, CA

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Library of Congress
BV3703 .S48 2013

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Pagination
xxiv, 221 p.
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25425091M
ISBN 10
1846450179
ISBN 13
9781846450174
LCCN
2012026337

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