EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1900; LILLIAN RUTH LEVESCONTE DICKSON P/2

 

In this post I will continue to share the story of a woman named Lillian Ruth Levesconte Dickson. She lived from 1901 - 1983. Upon Lillian's return to Taiwan, her intent was to evangelise the Taiwanese children. However, it was her medical missions that attracted her American donors. That work started with her focus on the leper patients and their children in leper hospitals.

When the children remained with their parents who were affected by leprosy, it was evident that the children were at high risk of contracting the disease. Lillian, consequently, established an An-Lok Babies Home to house the newborn babies with parents who had leprosy.

From then, Lilian went to create expansive leper colonies. In 1955, the leprosarium Lillian served had over 800 patients alone.