EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; ANNA ADAMS GORDON P/45

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In this story I will focus on a woman named Anna Adams Gordon. She lived from 1853 - 1931. Her parents were James M. Gordon and Mary Clarkson Gordon, both Christian abolitionists. They lived in Boston, Massachusetts. When she was three, her family moved to Auburndale.

Anna went on to attend Boston High School, Lasell Seminary and Mount Holyoke College. She spent a year abroad in San Sebastian with a sister, Alice Gordon Gulick, who had started a school for girls there in 1871. 

In 1877, Anne met Frances E. Willard at a Dwight L. Moody revival meeting, in the building where Frances was holding temperance meetings. The two became close friends with Anne continuing to play organ for Frances' meetings. Anne eventually moved into Frances' residence as her personal secretary. 

Anne subsequently followed her employer on her travels through the United States, Canada and Europe. spending a year in England.

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