Marilyn Färdig Whiteley

The Life of Isabel Crawford (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This biography of Isabel Crawford is a lively account of a feisty and fascinating Baptist missionary. Born in Canada in 1865, she had an independent spirit leading her to remarkable accomplishments in a life marked by obstacles. Her conversion at age ten created a lifelong commitment to Christian service. In her teens a near-fatal illness left her deaf, but nevertheless in 1893 she completed studies to become a missionary. Rejected for overseas service, she was assigned to a troubled Indian mission in Oklahoma. She began her work there with great reluctance but developed a lifelong bond with her beloved Kiowa converts. Her success as a woman missionary created friction with the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and she left the mission in 1906. Remaining committed to the Women's Home Mission Society, Crawford became a sought-after inspirational speaker for them and later served again as missionary, this time in western New York. She retired in 1930 and moved back to Canada in 1942. Crawford is buried, as she had arranged, at her Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma, mission. The biography is enriched by extensive use of Crawford's witty and perceptive descriptions of the extraordinary challenges and variety of experiences that marked her life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498202237
• Artikelnr.: 55270395

Autorenporträt

Marilyn Fardig Whiteley is an independent scholar living in Guelph, Ontario. She has taught at colleges in the United States and Canada and worked at the archives of the United Church of Canada. While looking for a new area of research in church history, she became interested in women's history and now writes on many aspects of women in the Christian church in North America. Her previous books include Canadian Methodist Women, 1766-1925: Marys, Marthas, Mothers in Israel and The Life and Letters of Annie Leake Tuttle: Working for the Best.