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The Alaskan Diary Of A Pioneer Quaker Missionary, Martha Hadley
The Alaskan Diary Of A Pioneer Quaker Missionary, Martha Hadley
Historical Quaker Books
210 pages, multiple photographs, recording 1899-1903.
From the introduction:
"A word about her background will make the diary more meaningful. She was born in 1852 and was nearly 4 7 years old when she went to Alaska to undertake this service in 1899. Records show that she was certified to teach in Ohio and in Iowa where the family moved in the early 1880's. Her brother, Joseph Hadley, was state superintendent of schools in Iowa. About 1890 she attended a missionary training school in Chicago, Illinois. When she decided to be a missionary she took special training in medicine and …