Title Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke Missionaries

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages) Series Religion in America series Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) Contents Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Place of Antebellum Missionary Women in American Religious History; TWO: Religious Community at Mount Holyoke; THREE: The Conversion Process and the Self-Referential Character of Missionary Zeal; FOUR: The Centrality of Women in the Revitalization of Nestorian Christianity and Its Conflict with Islam; FIVE: The Presence and Impact of Mary Lyon's Students in Maharashtra; SIX: Mount Holyoke Missionaries and Their Husbands in Zululand and Natal; Conclusion; Notes; Index Summary This work looks at the life and work of Mount Holyoke founder Mary Lyon, and the missionary women trained by her. Their activities in various parts of the world made major contributions to cultural change and the development of new cultures, and enabled women to break into public life Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-172) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849 -- Influence SUBJECT Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849 fast Subject Mount Holyoke College. SUBJECT Mount Holyoke College fast Subject Women missionaries -- Education (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- Holyoke -- History -- 19th century Women missionaries -- United States -- History -- 19th century Missionaries -- United States -- History -- 19th century Women missionaries -- History -- 19th century Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Missionaries Women missionaries Massachusetts -- Holyoke United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 96045425 ISBN 9780195354508 0195354508 0585211744 9780585211749

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