Collins, Mary Clementine 1846-1920
COLLINS, Mary Clementine 1846-1920
PERSONAL:
Born April 18, 1846, in Alton, IL; died May 25, 1920, in Alton, IL. Education: Attended public schools in Alton, IL.
CAREER:
Congregational Church, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, missionary among the Lakota Sioux Indians, beginning 1875, missionary and physician, 1884-1910. Ordained minister, 1899. Lecturer and advocate of Indian rights in East Coast cities.
WRITINGS:
Author of How I Became a Missionary, (New York, NY); and Winona: The Autobiography of Mary C. Collins, (New York, NY).
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
BOOKS
Religious Leaders of America, 2nd edition, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1999.
PERIODICALS
North Dakota History, Volume 19, 1952, Louise P. Olson, "Mary Clementine Collins: Decotah Missionary," pp. 59-81.
South Dakota Historical Collections, Volume 41, 1982, L. Richmond, "Autobiography of Mary C. Collins, Missionary to the Western Sioux," pp. 1-66.*