Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke Missionaries.

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This work looks at the life and work of Mount Holyoke founder Mary Lyon, and the missionary women trained by her. Their activities in various parts of the world made major contributions to cultural change and the development of new cultures, and enabled women to break into public life.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Porterfield, Amanda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Colección:Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Temas:
Lyon, Mary, > 1797-1849 > Influence.
Lyon, Mary, > 1797-1849
Mount Holyoke College.
Mount Holyoke College
1800-1899
Women missionaries > Education (Higher) > Massachusetts > Holyoke > History > 19th century.
Women missionaries > United States > History > 19th century.
Missionaries > United States > History > 19th century.
Women missionaries > History > 19th century.
Femmes missionnaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Missionnaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes missionnaires > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Missionaries
Women missionaries
Massachusetts > Holyoke
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Place of Antebellum Missionary Women in American Religious History; TWO: Religious Community at Mount Holyoke; THREE: The Conversion Process and the Self-Referential Character of Missionary Zeal; FOUR: The Centrality of Women in the Revitalization of Nestorian Christianity and Its Conflict with Islam; FIVE: The Presence and Impact of Mary Lyon's Students in Maharashtra; SIX: Mount Holyoke Missionaries and Their Husbands in Zululand and Natal; Conclusion; Notes; Index.

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