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British Women in Mission in the Nineteenth Century a Survey of the litterature

British Women in Mission in the Nineteenth Century a Survey of the litterature 254 BRITISH WOMEN IN MISSION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY A SURVEY OF THE In 1990 I was asked to write a paper for a conference sponsored by CREDIC.1 The theme of the conference was to be ,,Femmes en Mission," and my particular assignment was British women in mission. I chose to write about the beginnings of the modem missionary movement and the paper was finally entitled "Anglican and Protestant Missionary Societies in Great Britain: Their Use of Women as Missionaries from the late 18th to the late 19th Century.,,2 I did not expect the preliminary research for the paper to be so difficult. Most of the leading denominational societies had multi-volumed histories written about the turn of the century, and these seemed the obvious place to start. Such volumes contain extensive indexes, to which one immediately turns. But the indexes were, on the whole, useless. Neither the topic "women/female missionaries" nor the names of women whom I knew had served that society were listed. When the volumes were searched carefully, references to women were found, but they were few and of little use. For this type of survey paper research in mission archives was not possible. It was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

British Women in Mission in the Nineteenth Century a Survey of the litterature

Murray, Jocelyn
Mission Studies , Volume 11 (1): 254 – Jan 1, 1994
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© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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254 BRITISH WOMEN IN MISSION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY A SURVEY OF THE In 1990 I was asked to write a paper for a conference sponsored by CREDIC.1 The theme of the conference was to be ,,Femmes en Mission," and my particular assignment was British women in mission. I chose to write about the beginnings of the modem missionary movement and the paper was finally entitled "Anglican and Protestant Missionary Societies in Great Britain: Their Use of Women as Missionaries from the late 18th to the late 19th Century.,,2 I did not expect the preliminary research for the paper to be so difficult. Most of the leading denominational societies had multi-volumed histories written about the turn of the century, and these seemed the obvious place to start. Such volumes contain extensive indexes, to which one immediately turns. But the indexes were, on the whole, useless. Neither the topic "women/female missionaries" nor the names of women whom I knew had served that society were listed. When the volumes were searched carefully, references to women were found, but they were few and of little use. For this type of survey paper research in mission archives was not possible. It was

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