Martha Foster Crawford | |
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| Born | Martha Elizabeth Foster January 28, 1830 Jasper County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | 1909 (aged 78–79) Liaoning, China |
| Occupation | Writer, missionary |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Messopotamia Girls' Seminary, Eutaw, Alabama |
| Genre | missionary |
| Spouse |
Tarlton P. Crawford (m. 1851) |
Martha Foster Crawford (January 28, 1830 -1909) was an American writer and missionary to China (1852–1909).[1] She was the first foreign missionary from Alabama.[2] Her parents were the deacon, John Lovelace Savidge Foster, and Susanna Hollifield Foster.[3] In 1851, shortly before she became a missionary to China, she married Tarleton Perry Crawford, whom she had known for three weeks. They arrived in Shanghai in March 1852.[4] During their marriage, they adopted two children.[1]
Crawford wrote several books and diaries. Zao yang fan shu (Foreign Cookery in Chinese; 1866) was the first Chinese-language Western cookbook published in Shanghai.
- ^ a b Flynt & Berkley 1997, p. 352.
- ^ ProQuest 2008, p. 67.
- ^ "Martha Foster Crawford (1830–1909)". Alabama Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ American Presbyterian Mission 1872, p. 456.