The Pearl Trade and Its Lure for Women
A vivid account of pearls as the ultimate female jewel, their natural beauty, and the limits of artificial enhancements. It describes pearl quality standards, famous collections, and prices, then shifts to the Ceylon fishery and the bustling Pearl Ground in the Gulf of Mannar with divers, government, and town building, ending with the processing of oysters and the extraction of pearls.
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Woe of Hindoo Women in India Missionary Call
Dr Eleanor Stephenson, a Brooklyn physician in India, urges American women to join mission work in Ahmednagar. She describes dire gender bias, limited female medical care, and the impact of women doctors, citing cases of caste barriers, amputations, and obstetric care as she contrasts Indian practices with American medical staffing.
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Ahmednagar
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Ruth Hume
Stephenson
Miss Johnson
Misa Johnson
Mission Hospital
Alden H. Clark
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