One Hundred Girls' Mother |
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| Author:
| Carroll, Lenore
Carroll, Lenor |
| Series title: | Women of the West Novels Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-312-85994-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
| Publisher: | Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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| Imprint: | Forge Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Thomasina McIntyre, a Scots-Presbyterian missionary in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1895, will stop at nothing to make life bearable for her desperate charges; stolen women and displaced children forced to work in the brothels of Chinatown in old San Francisco. A woman of rare courage in a time when women in America had no voice in governmental policies, Thomasina McIntyre persists despite betrayal, prejudice, political scandal, and the earthquake of 1901. She becomes LoMo, one hundred...
More DescriptionThomasina McIntyre, a Scots-Presbyterian missionary in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1895, will stop at nothing to make life bearable for her desperate charges; stolen women and displaced children forced to work in the brothels of Chinatown in old San Francisco. A woman of rare courage in a time when women in America had no voice in governmental policies, Thomasina McIntyre persists despite betrayal, prejudice, political scandal, and the earthquake of 1901. She becomes LoMo, one hundred girls' mother. This is her story, a true story of courage, strength, faith, and devotion.