Thea Rønning : young woman on a mission / Gracia Grindal.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grindal, Gracia
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lutheran University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Rønning, Thea, > 1865-1898.
Missionaries > China > Biography.
Missionaries > Norway > Biography.
Missions > China.
Lutheran Church > Missions.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Torbjørg (Thea) Nilsdatter Rønning (1865-1898)
  • China's millions
  • Thea's call
  • Newcomers in the new land
  • Ladies aids and missions
  • The O.S. Nestegaard brothers
  • Thea's Norwegian roots
  • The journey to China
  • Arrival in China
  • Sailing up the Yangzi to Hankow
  • Hankow
  • Settling in
  • Life together
  • New friends arrive
  • Establishing the Fancheng station
  • The China Thea experienced
  • Getting organized at home and in China
  • The women's work takes hold
  • Heat, illness, and danger
  • Thea meets Landahl
  • Engagement, near death, marriage, and honeymoon
  • Thea comes into her own
  • Taipingdian.