Missionary Women’s Outreach to Poor Women in China: Origins of the Industrial Class Strategy
Mary Morrison went to China as a missionary wife in 1860, but wanted to pursue her own outreach to poor Chinese women. She tried a variety of strategies without success and finally adapted methods developed in London to the situation in China. This became the “industrial class” strategy, which was t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2020, Volume: 98, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-17 |
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| Summary: | Mary Morrison went to China as a missionary wife in 1860, but wanted to pursue her own outreach to poor Chinese women. She tried a variety of strategies without success and finally adapted methods developed in London to the situation in China. This became the “industrial class” strategy, which was then widely adopted throughout China. The recent emergence of a collection of Morrison’s letters has revealed a fuller picture of the early development of this strategy in China. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Presbyterian history
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