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UNINA9910455753403321 |
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Autore |
Warren Leonard <1924, > |
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Titolo |
Adele Marion Fielde : feminist, social activist, scientist / / by Leonard Warren |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-138-86792-6 |
1-134-48815-7 |
1-280-40175-3 |
0-203-28154-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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Women in science (Routledge (Firm)) Adele Marion Fielde |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Feminists - United States |
Suffragists - United States |
Women missionaries - China |
Women scientists - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations and abbreviations; Preface; Chronology; Beginnings; Out of the nest; Bangkok; Passage through America; Swatow, China; Philadelphia, 1883 1885; Last years in the Far East; The voyage home; New York; Religion, science, and the occult; Ants; Seattle; A model death; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 she conducted seminal research which is still discussed and studied today.This book provides an in-depth biographical study of the life of this |
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