The book was part of Mundell’s “Heroine’s Library”.
No preface
From chapter I [9-15]:
[10] The pages of missionary history literally sparkle with romance, and there is none so brilliant as that which tells of woman’s work. Yet it is only within comparatively recent times that woman has had justice done to her work in the mission-field. She was at one time simply ‘a missionary’s wife.’ She shared his labours, his dangers and privations, and bore burdens of which he knew not the weight; but her part in his success was not recognised. […] [11] It has been argued that woman has no rightful place in the mission-field and that her persistence in such arduous work entails a needless loss of life. This theory is, however, without the support of facts, and those who advance it show gross ignorance of the subject.
Contents
I. Heroines of the Cross 9II. The First Woman Missionary – Mrs. Judson in Burmah 16
III. A Widow’s Work – Mrs Thompson in Syria 28
IV. The Children for Christ – Fidelia Fiske in Persia 39
V. ‘Sitt Mariam’ – Mary Louisa Whately in Egypt 48
VI. A Mother in Israel – Mrs. Gobat in Abyssinia and Palestine 58
VII. Fifty Years in the Mission Field – Mrs. Moffat in South Africa 72
VIII. The White Mother – Mrs. Hinderer in Yoruba 86
IX. In Trials Often – Mrs. Wakefield in East Africa 98
X. Among the Cannibals – Women’s Work in the South Seas 106
XI. The Sole Survivor – Mrs. Jones in the West Indies 121
XII. Mission Work in Tents – Mrs. Gilmour in Mongolia 135
XIII The Chieftainness – Mrs. Wilkinson among the Zulus 141
XIV. The Martyrs of Ku-Cheng – Mrs. Stewart in China 151