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Nanibala Biswas, born in 1885 in a high caste Hindu family in Calcuta (Kolkatta), was the first non-Christian to accept the Adventist message in India in 1896.
Shirley Ann Burton was an Adventist communication professional who served the Oregon Conference, the Pacific Union Conference, and the General Conference.
Lucille Spence, whose refusal for treatment at an Adventist hospital was a catalyst for the organization of regional conferences, was born to Harriett and Jesse Spence on September 22, 1877, in Petersburg, Virginia. Lucy’s parents were both born into slavery in southern Virginia in the 1850s and emancipated with the millions of other African Americans during and at the close of the Civil War. The Spences had eight children in all: five daughters, including Lucy, and three sons. Harriett Spence raised the children, while Jesse Spence made a living as a fireman for a railroad company.
Wanda Eugenie (Habermann) Byrne served the Seventh-day Adventist Church in a number of roles between 1918 and 1935 when she married Alfred Byrne and settled in Adelaide, South Australia. During her years of service, she worked in evangelistic and departmental positions in South Australia, New South Wales, and Fiji.
Margaret Caro was the first registered woman dentist in New Zealand and supported the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church by assisting with the program at the New Zealand Training School and serving as a Bible worker.
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Bessie Willie Cordelia Dobbins Carter was a Seventh-day Adventist philanthropist, dietitian, and supporter of Christian education.
Vesta Cash became the first Bible instructor for the Italian-speaking people in the United States in 1913 and devoted the rest of her life to that work.
Mabel Louise Skerritt Cave was an Antiguan Battle Creek Sanitarium school-trained registered nurse and administrator who worked in Barbados from early 1908 until her death in 1970.
Agnes Elvira Lewis Caviness was a pioneer educator, dean of women, missionary, and author, who wrote under the pen name of Mother Naomi.
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Minerva Jane Loofborough (later Loughborough) was an editor and General Conference administrator.
Miss Vera Chilton, a Bible worker in India, persevered in ministry to zenana women longer than any other person, extending her 32 years of active service another 10 years beyond retirement.
Grace Agnes Clarke was a pioneer missionary to Kenya, educator, church administrator, Bible translator, and lexicographer.
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Eva May Clements was an Australian missionary to India.
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Dr. C. Joan Coggin, pediatric cardiologist, co-founded the Loma Linda University Overseas Heart Surgery Team which initiated and upgraded open-heart surgery programs in hospitals around the world.
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Nurse Pocock was known and respected as a midwife and founded a small hospital in Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia.
South Pacific Division Biography Groundbreakers Medical Workers Women
Marilyn Cotton, a lyric soprano, sang for Adventist television broadcasts from the early 1950s through the opening decade of the twenty-first century and was a featured soloist in countless evangelistic campaigns around the world.
Minnie Hawkins Crisler was a proofreader and editor for multiple denominational papers, one of the first teachers at Avondale School and at Far Eastern Academy, a missionary to China, a World War II Japanese internment camp survivor, and a literary assistant to Ellen G. White.
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Edith Ellen Armstrong was a Bible instructor in the Lake Union for close to four decades.
Eugenia Isabella Cartwright Cunningham was a strong supporter of Seventh-day Adventist education who served Oakwood for 51 years as a beloved staff person and administrator.
Nita D’Ray trained as a nurse at the Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital and, during a distinguished career, became the matron of both the Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital and the Warburton Sanitarium and Hospital in Australia.