Melinda Rankin | |
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| Born | March 21, 1811 Littleton, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | December 1888 Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
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| Subject | missionary work |
| Notable works | Twenty Years Among the Mexicans, A Narrative of Missionary Labor |
Melinda Rankin (March 21, 1811 – December 6/7, 1888) was a 19th-century American Presbyterian missionary, teacher, and writer. Born in New England, she found her life work in Mexico, opening the first Protestant mission in Mexico in 1866.[1] She described her experiences in a memoir, Twenty Years Among the Mexicans, A Narrative of Missionary Labor (1875).[2] Rankin also established the first bilingual school in Texas, the Rio Grande Female Institute.[3]
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