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Woolston, Beulah (1828 ~ 1886) and Sarah H. (? ~ 1910)
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Woolston, Beulah (1828 ~ 1886) and Sarah H. (? ~ 1910)

Pioneering female missionary teachers in China The Woolston sisters graduated from Wesleyan Female College in Wilmington, Delaware, and became teachers. Answering an appeal from the mission board of the Methodist Episcopal Church to begin “woman’s work” in China, they sailed for Foochow (Fuzhou) in 1858. They were supported by the Ladies’ China Missionary Society of...