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neadods ([personal profile] neadods) wrote2005-02-15 01:29 pm
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Missionary Fact of the Day

The second mission had a single woman on it, Betsy Stockton. Turns out she was a former slave. During her 3 years in Hawaii, she founded a school for farmers, so she was accepted as a proficient teacher.

ETA: I can't use this because it's an undated clip from a diary, but this quote amused me. From the Chamberlain diary of the trip to Hawaii:
When it is calm almost all hands frequently go in swimming; we experience no inconvenience in it, only the women are afraid the sharks will catch their husbands.