Elizabeth Russell, missionary to Japan from 1879 to 1919, lived a long and complex life that in microcosm reflected social and political transformations in both the United States and Japan, particularly as these transformations affected ideologies and practices concerning women’s roles in society.

ENG | 12/18/2008

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