Clementina Butler

Not to be confused with her mother, Clementina Rowe Butler (1820-1913), Irish-born American missionary.
Clementina Butler
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornJanuary 7, 1862
Bareilly, British India
DiedDecember 5, 1949 (aged 87)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeNewton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts
Occupationevangelist, author
CitizenshipAmerican
Genrebiography
Parents

Clementina Butler (January 7, 1862 – December 5, 1949) was an American evangelist and author. She was a founder of the Ramabai Association, an organization that established the first school in India for widowed women.[1][2] She was also the founder and chair of the "Committee on Christian Literature for Women and Children in Mission Fields, Inc.[3][4] In addition to other writings, she was the author of three biographies: her father's (William Butler : the founder of two missions, 1902), her mother's (Mrs. William Butler: Two Empires and the Kingdom, 1929), as well as Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati : pioneer in the movement for the education of the child-widow of India (1922).

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  3. ^ Fowler, Mary (30 December 1949). "Women in the Church". Oklahoma City Star. p. 3. Retrieved 4 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ The Missionary Review 1936, p. 187.