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Some Women Pioneers of the Indian Church

ByRob
Dorothea Sibella Batley [1878-1943], Devotees of Christ. Some Women Pioneers of the Indian Church, 3rd edn.

Today’s free book is a celebration of some female pioneers of the Indian church. My thanks to Book Aid for providing a copy of this public domain book for digitisation.

Dorothea Sibella Batley [1878-1943], Devotees of Christ. Some Women Pioneers of the Indian Church, 3rd edn. London: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, [1937]. Hbk. pp.147. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

  • Author’s Preface
  • Foreword: Rt. Hon. Viscount Halifax
  • Introduction
  1. Chandra Lila
  2. Pundita Ramabai
  3. Francini Sarabji
  4. Shuruth Mohini Datta
  5. Anna Satthianadhan
  6. Ellen Lakshmi Goreh
  7. Johot Mohini Chowdhury
  8. “Moni”
  9. Monorama Bose
  10. Susie Sarabji
  11. “Without Limit”
  12. Kheroth Bose
  13. Rose Phailbus
  14. “Grace”
  15. Matrons, Bible-women and others

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