Missionary Women: Gender, Professionalism, and the Victorian Idea of Christian Mission
- ISBN-10
- 1843830132
- ISBN-13
- 9781843830139
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Author
- Rhonda Anne Semple
Description
The first comprehensive study of the role of gender in British Protestant missionary expansion into China and India during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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