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Mary F. Scranton : ウィキペディア英語版 | Mary F. Scranton
Mary F. Scranton (born December 9, 1832 in Belchertown, Massachusetts - October 8, 1909) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary. She was the first Woman's Foreign Missionary Society representative to Korea〔Keller, 185-90.〕 and the founder of the Ewha Girls School (Pear Blossom Academy) under Emperor Gojong. Today, the Ewha Girls School is the Ewha Womans University, one of the most prestigious women's schools in Asia.〔Kim, 26.〕 Scranton also founded the Tal Syeng Day School for Women in Seoul and the Training School for Bible Women.〔Keller, 188.〕 ==Early life== Mary Fletcher was born on born December 9, 1832 in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Her father was Rev. Erastus Benton, a Methodist Episcopal minister. She married William T. Scranton; they had a son named William B. Scranton. After the death of her husband, she moved to Ohio, where her son lived. There, she became active in the Euclid Avenue Methodist Church〔Kim, 37.〕 and in the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS). When Scranton's son Dr. William B. Scranton was appointed to the Methodist Medical Mission in Korea in 1884, the WFMS asked Scranton to become the first female missionary in Korea.〔Keller, 186.〕
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