Comments on: A Day in the Life of a Sister Missionary in London, 1852 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/ Where our past is never very long ago Wed, 22 May 2013 00:18:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ray http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Ray Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:37:28 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2536 BTW, I can see my paternal grandmother acting exactly like Sister Drake. I had to chuckle in appreciation and admiration at her lack of guile and direct manner.

]]> By: Ray http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2535 Ray Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:32:30 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2535 Ardis, have I told you lately that you are my hero? If so, I won’t repeat it here.

]]> By: m&m http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 m&m Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:06:37 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2531 I LOVE this story!

]]> By: J. Stapley http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 J. Stapley Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:58:05 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2530 Bruce, that is surely not the case. Shortly after the 1898 policy change to call women as regular ministers of the Gospel, Amanda Inez Knight and Lucy Jane Brimhall were called to the British mission. Sisters made up a sizable portion of the early twentieth century proselytizing force.

Of course, note that missionary wives frequently labored in the missions with their husbands since the 1830′s.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2529 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:52:01 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2529 :) Paul Reeve and I are editing an encyclopedia of Mormon history for ABC-Clio; J. wrote a lengthy history of missionary work for us, among other entries.

]]> By: Mark B. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 Mark B. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:49:04 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2528 Re: 5 & 7

Don’t be so coy, folks. What encyclopedia entry?

]]> By: BruceC http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 BruceC Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:07:36 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2527 My grandmother claimed she and her companion were the first sister missionaries to what was then (1932?) the European Mission, which included England. I always viewed her claim with a mixture of “Wow, that’s cool!” and “Are you sure?” It is good to know the Church wasn’t as sexist as her claim made it appear.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2524 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:24:33 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2524 Didn’t think of that, J.; will do.

]]> By: J. Stapley http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2523 J. Stapley Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:21:46 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2523 As to information on Missionaries, I have been meaning to get a copy of Rex Price’s 1991 dissertation, “The Mormon Missionary of the Nineteenth Century.” I don’t know anything about it but I have wondered if it gets into this sort of stuff.

]]> By: J. Stapley http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/08/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sister-missionary-in-london-1852/comment-page-1/#comment-2522 J. Stapley Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:09:11 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=307#comment-2522 Ah! Can you update a certain encyclopedia entry to reflect this awesome work?

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