Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Making of the British Female Missionary
Background to Carey's Mission
Hannah Marshman, the First Woman Missionary?
A Missionary Couple in India, 1830s–1840s
The First Single Woman Missionary
First Protestant Mission to China
"Female Usefulness" in the Straits Settlements
The First Women's Missionary Society
"A Young Woman Is…the Least Intended to Stand Alone"
Women Missionaries Enter Mainland China
The Expansion of Women's Work in India
Medicine and Evangelism
More Women than Men
Conclusion
2 Responding to the Call: Motivation, Selection, Training, and Preparation
"God and Nature Intended You for a Missionary's Wife"
Ladies—"Free from the Cares and Toils of Home and Family Duties"
"The Master Needs Me in His Foreign Field"
Educational Background
Health, Age, and Family Circumstances
Social Background
Professional versus Vocational
Preparation and Training for the Mission Field
Preparations for Departure
Valedictory Services
3 Life on the Mission Field
The Jourbaney Out and First Impressions
Learning the Language
The Importance of the Christian Home
Homes for Single Women Missionaries
Love and Friendship
Home Support
Marriage
Health and Recreation
Beyond the Mission Compound
Retirement from the Mission Field
4 The Structure and Organization of Women's Missionary Work
A Ladies' Missionary Society
The Importance of Local Associations
The Birth of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society
The Demise of the Female Education Society
The Formation of Ladies' Auxiliaries
Walking the Corridors with "Eyes Cast Down"
Gendered Conflict on the Mission Field
"Part of a Whole" or "Whole of a Part"—The Dilemma for Women Missionaries in the 20th Century
"A Somewhat Uncertain Place in Joint Administration"
Conclusion
5 Missionary Women and Education
The Introduction of Schooling in Bengal
Education in the Indian Home
"Plain" and "Fancy" Needlework
Government Funding and Mission Schools
Training Indian Teachers, Calcutta, 1870s–1880s
The Development of Secondary Education
Pioneering Educational Work in China
Girls' Schooling in China, 1880s–1920s
Education in Time of Revolution
The Founding of Women's Christian College, Madras
6 Missionary Women and Medical Aid
A Pioneer Woman Doctor in Manchuria
The Founding of the First Medical School for Women in Asia
The Rise of the Missionary Nurse
The Changing Role of the Medical Missionary, 1920s–1950s
"The Woman with the White Hair Who Bicycles": Dr. Claire Thomson and Preventive Medicine in India
7 Missionary Women and Evangelism
Evangelizing in the Punjab, 1890–1920
Amy Carmichael and Rural Itineration in Southern India
Bible Translation and Church Planting: The Toda Mission, 1890–1935
Bible Women
Evangelizing in China with the China Inland Mission
Afterword
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Author
