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Hattie: A Woman's Mission to Burma
Joan W. Swift
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Description for Hattie: A Woman's Mission to Burma
Paperback. This biography of Harriet Phinney (1861-1938) is the story of one woman's search for a role more meaningful than the domestic life prescribed for her by her family and society. In excerpts from letters to her family over fifty-six years, Hattie's own words portray the challenges and rewards of missionary life in Burma during the British Raj. Editor(s): Brauer, Barbara Swift. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 1KBB; BGH; HRCC92; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
This biography of Harriet Phinney (1861-1938) is the story of one woman's search for a role more meaningful than the domestic life prescribed for her by her family and the society of her day. Growing up in Rochester, New York, Hattie tired of her ""do-nothing life"" and in 1884, with the aid of Dr. Henry Morehouse, became a teacher at the newly established Spelman Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. The following year, she received appointment as a Baptist missionary to Burma, arriving in Rangoon at the age of twenty-four. Eventually joining with Ruth Whitaker Ranney, Hattie found her life's work as ... Read more
This biography of Harriet Phinney (1861-1938) is the story of one woman's search for a role more meaningful than the domestic life prescribed for her by her family and the society of her day. Growing up in Rochester, New York, Hattie tired of her ""do-nothing life"" and in 1884, with the aid of Dr. Henry Morehouse, became a teacher at the newly established Spelman Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. The following year, she received appointment as a Baptist missionary to Burma, arriving in Rangoon at the age of twenty-four. Eventually joining with Ruth Whitaker Ranney, Hattie found her life's work as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Half Meadow Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780972326919
SKU
V9780972326919
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About Joan W. Swift
Joan W. Swift is a research psychologist and a college administrator. Barbara Swift Brauer is a professional writer.
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