Carte de Visite Photograph of Katharine C. Bushnell
Carte de Visite Photograph of Katharine C. Bushnell
PHO.000279.7
Photograph
ca. 1879
United States
N/A
Photographic Print
4.1 × 2.5 × 0.2 in. (10.4 × 6.3 × 0.5 cm)
Not on View
Katharine C. Bushnell (1855–1946) was a medical doctor, missionary, social activist, and writer. After receiving her medical degree, Katharine was persuaded to go to China as a missionary sponsored by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She served as a medical missionary to Jinjiang, China, from 1879 until she fell ill in 1882 and had to return home. Upon her return, Katharine worked with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and raised awareness on sex trafficking and contagious diseases. In 1921, her book God’s Word to Women was published, relying on the translation of the Bible’s original languages to teach that men and women are equal in all areas of ministry, marriage, and life.
Created around 1879 by Joseph W. Gehrig (1847–1915), photographer, Chicago, Illinois.[1] Acquired by 2010 by Gene Albert (Christian Heritage Museum), Hagerstown, Maryland; Privately purchased in 2010 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2017 to National Christian Foundation (later The Signatry), under the curatorial care of Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] Joseph W. Gehrig was a photographer in Boston at 337 W. Madison Street from 1879 to 1905. The back of the cardboard contains the photographer’s label. “Kate C. Bushnell, M.D. Kiukiang” is written on the back above the photographer’s label.
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