Women Missionaries and the Revival of French Empire
by
Sarah A. Curtis
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Civilizing Habits explores the life stories of three French women missionaries--Philippine Duchesne, Emilie de Vialar, and Anne-Marie Javouhey--who crossed boundaries, both real and imagined, to evangelize far from France's shores. In so doing, they helped France reestablish a global empire after...