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On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers (Paperback)
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On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe
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Kate Marsden (1859 1931), the youngest of eight children from a
poor family, was a highly committed nurse. She cared for soldiers
in the Russo-Turkish War in 1877 8, and undertook missionary
travels to various countries, but she was especially concerned
about the plight of those suffering from leprosy. This volume,
published in 1893, describes her remarkable journey to Siberian
leper colonies. At first she travelled by sledge with a friend, but
continued alone on horseback, facing appalling weather conditions
with her customary courage. Her commitment to leprosy sufferers led
her to found the St Francis Leprosy Guild in London in 1895, and
she organised a leprosy hospital in the remote Siberian town of
Vilyusk in 1897. She was made a Member of the Russian Imperial Red
Cross Society, and she was also one of the first women to be
appointed a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
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