Mary Slessor - Everybody's Mother

How did a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee become a role model for a hundred years? Why are there statues of her holding twins in Nigeria? She was known for her eccentricities: She climbed trees, walked barefoot and bareheaded through the forest, didn't filter her water, and shed her Victorian petticoats. On the other hand, because of her understanding of and rapport with the Africans among whom she lived, the British government appointed her their first woman magistrate anywhere in the world and later awarded her the highest honor then bestowed on a woman commoner. Mary Slessor was certain God called her to serve in Calabar, the home she claimed as her own, where she became eka kpukpru owo-everybody's mother. Book jacket.Read less