Adele Marion Fielde: Feminist, Social Activist, Scientist

by Leonard Warren

Book Overview

Adele Marion Fielde, born in 1839, was a teacher, an evangelist, a social activist, scientist, lexicographer, writer and lecturer. As an American missionary in China, she became a local teacher and evangelist, struggling to reconcile her Baptist upbringing with her restless intellect. As an energetic social activist, she was a major figure in the suffragist movement, the abolition of the slave trade and the founding of two hospitals. As a scientist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138867926
• ISBN13: 9781138867925
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"