A looking-glass for ladies : American Protestant women and the Orient in the nineteenth century / by Lisa Joy Pruitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pruitt, Lisa Joy, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Draper.

Women missionaries--United States.

Women missionaries.

Missions--Orient.

Missions.

United States.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2005]

Contents:

Introduction: "a looking-glass for ladies"

"The widow's mite" : organizing missionary societies

"Sanctifying afflictions" : 19th century missionary women's memoirs

"Her husband shall praise her" : marriage and missions

"Her children shall call her blessed" : modeling motherhood

"A cultivated and well-furnished mind" : education for "oriental" women

"The healing of the nations" : women's medical mission in the "orient"

"A modern uprising of women" : institutionalizing the women's missionary movement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-243) and index.

ISBN:

0865548889

OCLC:

57652556