Crawford, Martha Foster, 1830-1893.Baptist missionary, wife of Tarleton Perry Crawford, from Clinton (Greene Co.), Ala.Diaries of Martha (Foster) Crawford as a young woman in Alabama, 1845-1851, and later as a Baptist missionary to China. Topics include conditions in Shanghai from 1852 to 1864 and afterwards at Tengchow, Shantung, and her reactions to the Civil War in the United States. Her diary shows the impact of the American Protestant missionary on China with a day-by-day record of her life. The Shanghai period covers the Taiping rebellion and discusses the hope that the rebellion might furnish a means for converting the Empire to Christianity. Included also are several printed pamphlets and an original manuscript history of missions in China.Women Southern States Diaries.Women Religious life Southern States.Women Alabama Social life and customs.Women missionaries China.China Civilization Christian influences.China History Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864.Crawford, Tarleton Perry.View this collection description in WorldCat.org: