Grindal, Gracia.

Thea Rønning : young woman on a mission / Gracia Grindal. - 214 p : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.

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.

9781932688795 (alk. paper) 193268879X (alk. paper)

2012043018


Rønning, Thea, 1865-1898.


Missionaries--China--Biography.
Missionaries--Norway--Biography.
Missions--China.
Lutheran Church--Missions.

BV3427.R563 G75 2012 / 13515

266/.41092 B