The Gospel of Gentility: American Women Missionaries in Turn-of-the-Century China by Jane Hunter

The Gospel of Gentility: American Women Missionaries in Turn-of-the-Century China

Jane Hunter

342 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction historical history religion challenging informative medium-paced
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At the turn of the century, women represented over half of the American foreign mission force and had settled in “heathen” China to preach the lessons of Christian domesticity.  In this engrossing narrative, Jane Hunter uses diaries, reminiscences...

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