Sarah Emily York (1819 – 1851) was an American missionary to Greece.[1][2]
Biography
editSarah Emily York was born in 1819 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. After completing her schooling at the female seminary in Charlestown, Massachusetts, she became a teacher in Boston.[3] She taught both in a private school and in a Baptist Sunday school.[4]
With the support of Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, she arrived to Greece as a missionary in 1844.[5]
She started the works at the missionary fields of the Greek islands of Corfu and Zakynthos as well as in the city of Piraeus.[1] She worked in a school at Corfu. In 1848, she married John York, a native of Corfu.
She died in Charlestown in 1851 following “fever”.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Thanailaki, Polly (5 March 2018). Gender Inequalities in Rural European Communities During 19th and Early 20th Century: A Historical Perspective. New York City: Springer. p. 84. ISBN 978-3-319-75235-8. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Kyle, III, Francis I. (24 December 2007). An Uncommon Christian: James Brainerd Taylor, Forgotten Evangelist in America's Second Great Awakening. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-461-67727-7. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Kyle, III, Francis I. (11 June 2008). Of Intense Brightness: The Spirituality of Uncommon Christian James Brainerd Taylor. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-461-68548-7. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "SARAH EMILY WALDO YORK (1819 - 1851)". Library company. librarycompany.org. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ a b Salm, Amrita M (2019). The Inspired Life of Sarah Ellen Waldo. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama. p. NA. ISBN 978-8-175-05921-4. Retrieved 21 June 2022.