Newton, Sophie Sackville

Pessoa singular

Newton, Sophie Sackville

1867-1958

Sophie Newton was born in 1867 and became a Deaconess in 1892. She worked in Foochow (Fuzhou) and surrounding regions in China as a missionary with the Church Missionary Society, experiencing the Boxer and Nationalist Rebellions. She trained Bible women and opposed the practices of foot binding and female infanticide. She also coordinated fundraising for various projects including the Hospital for the Jews in Jerusalem, translation and distribution of Hebrew scriptures and the sponsorship of a pupil in a school in Jerusalem. She is buried at St Thomas' Church, Enfield.

Sydney, NSW; Fuzhou, China

Deaconess, missionary