Mary Slessor

Download or read book Mary Slessor of Calabar written by William Pringle Livingstone and published by . This book was released on 1920* with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mary Slessor - Everybody's Mother written by Jeanette Hardage and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Mary Slessor, a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee who became one of the most influencing people in the land known to her compatriots as 'the white man's grave'. Despite her eccentricities, this woman truly understood and connected with the Africans among whom she lived, so much so that the British government appointed her their first woman magistrate anywhere in the world and later awarded her the highest honor then bestowed on a woman commoner. Examining both the eraand the influence of this extraordinary woman, the book reveals aspects of her public and private life that has previously been unanswered.

Download or read book Mary Slessor Unit Study Guide written by Janet Benge and published by YWAM Publishing. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curriculum guide for use with the author's Mary Slessor, forward into Calabar.

Download or read book Mary Slessor of Calabar written by William Pringle Livingstone and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Story of Mary Slessor for Young People written by William Pringle Livingstone and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lives of Scottish Women written by William Knox and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the remarkable stories of ten women whose inspirational lives and struggles exemplify the concerns and problems that other women have faced throughout the last two centuries. Each is the subject of a chapter devoted to her particular story and the times in which she lived. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries witnessed great changes in women's position in Scotland, and yet little is known about the achievements of the Scottish women who were the main agents of these changes. In presenting the life stories of ten women, William Knox provides evidence of the huge contribution made by women to the shaping of modern Scotland. At the same time he shows how the life histories of individuals can reveal previously dark corners of historical understanding and allow a more nuanced picture of Scottish society as a whole. Subjects include Jane Welsh Carlyle, brilliantly gifted, but married to the wayward and demanding Thomas, Sophia Jex-Blake, Scotland's first female doctor, and Mary Slessor,

Download or read book Mary Slessor written by Sam Wellman and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Heroes of the Faith volume, the reader is introduced to Mary Slessor who, armed with a relentless Christian faith, helped open up West Africa to healthy trade and to the Christian message while vehemently opposing human slavery.