Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Something Happened. Hodder and Stoughton, 1933.
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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Mildred Cable | While MC
and Evangeline (Eva) French
were home on furlough, Cable met Evangeline's younger sister Francesca
. The three women became a three-fold cord, which could not easily be broken. Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Something Happened. Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. 110 Warner, Marina, Mildred Cable, and Francesca French. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, 1987, p. xi - xxi. xiv |
Friends, Associates | Helen Waddell | Friends from HW
's time at Somerville
included Maude Clarke
, whom she had known as a child and whose Oxford position had been one of the incentives to go there, and archaelogist Helen Lorimer |
Occupation | Mildred Cable | MC
and Evangeline
and Francesca French
began their nomadic travels as itinerant missionaries, teaching Christianity throughout the provinces of Shensi, Kansu, Mongolia and Sinkiang, the Great Northwest of China. Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Through Jade Gate and Central Asia. Constable, 1927. 1-2 |
Occupation | Mildred Cable | MC
and Evangeline
and Francesca French
made another journey, of over 6,000 miles, from Suchow to London via the Gobi Desert, Russia, and the rest of Europe for one of their leaves in England. Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Through Jade Gate and Central Asia. Constable, 1927. 169, 301 |
Occupation | Mildred Cable | MC
and Evangeline
and Francesca French
rented a flat in Hampstead, to help their missionary work for organisations including the British and Foreign Bible Society
, the China Inland Mission
, and the Salvation Army
. Platt, William James. Three Women. Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 190-1 |
Author summary | Mildred Cable | China provided a centre not only for MC
's life but also for her writing. Of her nineteen works, published in the first half of the twentieth century, most describe her experiences as a traveller... |
Residence | Mildred Cable | During a period of civil unrest in China, MC
and Evangeline
and Francesca French
returned home on leave to London via Siberia, Moscow, and Berlin. Platt, William James. Three Women. Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 174-6 |
Residence | Mildred Cable | MC
and Evangeline
and Francesca French
were ordered to leave China permanently, along with all other foreigners, because of the Sino-Japanese war. Warner, Marina, Mildred Cable, and Francesca French. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, 1987, p. xi - xxi. xvi Platt, William James. Three Women. Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 187 |
Textual Production | Mildred Cable | The Story of Topsy, Little Lonely
of Central Asia, a children's book by MC
and Francesca French
, was published. Warner, Marina, Mildred Cable, and Francesca French. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, 1987, p. xi - xxi. xviii |
Textual Production | Mildred Cable | |
Textual Production | Mildred Cable | Most comment on The Gobi Desert disregards the question of its authorship in favour of discussing the three women's extraordinary lives together. The confusion between the three is so great that the entry for MC |
Textual Production | Mildred Cable | With her ever-present collaborator Francesca French
, MC
also wrote books that were used by the Bible Society
as instructional handbooks for new missionaries, including Ambassadors for Christ, 1935, and Towards Spiritual Maturity... |
Textual Production | Mildred Cable | Through Jade Gate and Central Asia, the second collaborative effort between MC
and Francesca French
, was published while they were on leave in England. Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Through Jade Gate and Central Asia. Constable, 1927. prelims |
Textual Production | Mildred Cable | MC
and Francesca French
published their most popular travel book, The Gobi Desert. Warner, Marina, Mildred Cable, and Francesca French. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, 1987, p. xi - xxi. xviii |
Textual Production | Mildred Cable |
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