Adele Marion Fielde: Feminist, Social Activist, Scientist

ISBN-13: 9780415271219 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 224 str.

Leonard Warren;Warren Leonard

Opis

Adele Marion Fielde, born in 1839, was a teacher, an evangelist, a social activist, scientist, lexicographer, writer and lecturer. As an American missionary in China, she became a local teacher and evangelist, struggling to reconcile her Baptist upbringing with her restless intellect. As an energetic social activist, she was a major figure in the suffragist movement, the abolition of the slave trade and the founding of two hospitals. As a scientist she conducted seminal research which is still discussed and studied today.

Spis treści

Table of Contents Chronology Abbreviations Preface Prologue Chapter 1. Beginnings Chapter 2. Out of the Nest Chapter 3. Bangkok Chapter 4. Passage Through America Chapter 5. Swatow, China Chapter 6. Philadelphia, 1883-1885 Chapter 7. Last Years in the Far East Chapter 8. The Voyage Home Chapter 9. New York Chapter 10. Religion, science and the occult Chapter 11. Ants Chapter 12. Seattle Chapter 13. A model death Bibliography

O autorze

Leonard Warren