Mary Slessor--Everybody's Mother The Era and Impact of a Victorian Missionary

Name: Mary Slessor--Everybody's Mother The Era and Impact of a Victorian Missionary
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ISBN: 9781556356018

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Authors: Jeanette Hardage

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How did a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee become a role model for a hundred years? Why are there statues of her holding twins in Nigeria? She was known for her eccentricities: She climbed trees, walked barefoot and bareheaded through the forest, didn't filter her water, and shed her Victorian petticoats. On the other hand, because of her understanding of and rapport with the Africans among whom she lived, 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. Mary Slessor was certain God called her to serve in Calabar, the home she claimed as her own, where she became eka…

Book details

List price: $44.00
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 9/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Jeanette Hardage develops independent writing projects. Her work has appeared in Christianity Today, the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, the Journal of Medical Biography, and other publications. At Sea with God, written with her husband, Owen Hardage, is forthcoming.



Foreword


Introduction


Prologue



Preparing and Going-1848-1879



Early Influences



Duke Town



Branching Out-1879-1890



Old Town-Too Busy



A Long Pause-Creek Town



Marsh Fever and Other Afflictions)



Opening a Territory



New Possibilities-1890-1900



Escapades and Romance



Hopes and Disappointments



British Imperial Agents)



Visitors and Empire



Queen Mary-1900-1909



Bairns)



Long Juju



A New Man and New Work



Court and Furlough



Disagreements In and Out of Court



A Life Spent-1909-1915



Faith Matters)



Ikpe and Nkana



Rest and Honor



A Legacy-1915 and Later



Endings



Remembrance


Epilogue: African Mission to Liverpool


Acknowledgements


Author's Notes


Mary Slessor and Mission Chronology Highlights


Appendix


Abbreviations


Bibliography


Index