
Isabella Thoburn was a pioneering American missionary who founded the Lucknow Women's College in India. In this biography, co-written by Thoburn's colleague William Fitzjames Oldham, we learn about her work and legacy, as well as the broader social and cultural context of...



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Isabella Thoburn (1902) is a biography written by William Fitzjames Oldham about the life of Isabella Thoburn, an American missionary who dedicated her life to educating girls and women in India during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book chronicles Thoburn's early...


Isabella Thoburn is a biography written by William Fitzjames Oldham in 1902. The book chronicles the life of Isabella Thoburn, a pioneering American missionary who established the first women's college in India. Thoburn was born in Ohio in 1840 and became a teacher before feeling...