Elizabeth Russell | |
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| Born | October 9, 1836 Cadiz, Ohio |
| Died | September 6, 1928 Ohio |
| Occupation(s) | Christian missionary in Japan, educator |
Elizabeth Russell (October 9, 1836 – September 6, 1928) was an American missionary and educator. She founded Kwassui Gakuin, a school for girls and women in Nagasaki. She was sent by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Japan in 1879 at the age of forty-three. She contributed to the women's education, social welfare and missionary during her forty years in Japan, and was decorated by the Emperor of Japan in 1919.[1][2]
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- ^ Karen K. Seat (2008-04-01). "The Legacy of Elizabeth Russell". International Bulletin of Missionary Research. 32 (2). Overseas Ministries Study Center: 93–99. doi:10.1177/239693930803200211. S2CID 152117930. Retrieved 2020-02-11.