Mary Slessor Knitting
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http://dp.la/api/items/45664283b3bfe1480f6dc098e5bccf8f
Title
Mary Slessor Knitting
Creator
Unknown
Date
1848/1915
Description
Portrait image of Mary Slessor (1848-1915), seated in a garden knitting. Knitting was a favouite pastime of Mary's in difficult times.; Mary Slessor was a Scottish missionary known for her work in Africa and for promoting women's rights. At the age of 27 she became a missionary in Calabar where she successfully fought against a number of issues including the killing of twins at infancy. Mary died in Calabar at the age of 67 and was given a state burial.
Subject
Portraits
Religion
Human Rights
Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915
Source
University of Southern California Libraries
Type
image
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Mary Slessor Knitting,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed May 20, 2024, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/5213.
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