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A looking-glass for ladies : American Protestant women and the Orient in the nineteenth century
- Title
- A looking-glass for ladies : American Protestant women and the Orient in the nineteenth century / by Lisa Joy Pruitt.
- Author
- Pruitt, Lisa Joy, 1964-
- Publication
- Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2005.
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- Description
- 247 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-243) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: "a looking-glass for ladies" -- "The widow's mite" : organizing missionary societies -- "Sanctifying afflictions" : 19th century missionary women's memoirs -- "Her husband shall praise her" : marriage and missions -- "Her children shall call her blessed" : modeling motherhood -- "A cultivated and well-furnished mind" : education for "oriental" women -- "The healing of the nations" : women's medical mission in the "orient" -- "A modern uprising of women" : institutionalizing the women's missionary movement.
- Call Number
- JFE 05-3813
- ISBN
- 0865548889 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005002526
- OCLC
- 57652556
- Author
- Pruitt, Lisa Joy, 1964-
- Title
- A looking-glass for ladies : American Protestant women and the Orient in the nineteenth century / by Lisa Joy Pruitt.
- Imprint
- Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2005.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-243) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 05-3813