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Florence Buchanan: The Little Deaconess of the South Seas (Dodo Press)
Florence Buchanan The Little Deaconess of the South Seas - Dodo Press Author:E. Jones Florence Griffiths Buchanan (1861-1913) was a British missionary and teacher. Despite her extremely delicate constitution and nearblindness, she devoted herself as a young woman to both practical charity and prayer. In 1887, she accompanied her two brothers to Bundaberg, Queensland. After teaching her Melanesian servants English and Bible storie... more »s, she later assumed responsibility for the fundamentalist non-denominational South Seas Evangelical Mission. In addition, she served as Queensland secretary of both the International Scripture Union and the Young Women's Christian Association, and maintained at her own expense a hostel for English migrant girls.« less