WOMAN STOPS BATTLE
'A memorial window to the memory of "The most famous woman, missionary of the age," as she has been called— Mary Slessor, of Calabar—will be uu.veiled in September in the Albert Institute of Dundee, Scotland, her nativo town. The winning design is by Mj' iWilUam Aikrnan, of Canideu Town, and allows various incidents in Mary Slessur's life. She is seen at her loom in the Dundee factory, where she worked till slio was 26, and also standing between the ranks of armed warriors in Calabar and stopping a battle ty her cool audacity. The gratitude of the Chief Edem for her courage in forbidding the taking of lifo after his son's death is depicted, and also a scene in which, surrounded by native chiefs, she is shown acting ns the acknowledged representative of the British Government and permanent- vicepresident of the Native- Court at lkotutong, Calabar, West Africa., two unique honours*bestowed on a woman. A "Mary missionary scholarship for girls ■fe-SlSg- hS»g'fitSSJrtsd*'''_
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 18
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165WOMAN STOPS BATTLE Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 142, 16 June 1923, Page 18
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