Lone Sentinels in the Near East

Lone Sentinels in the Near East is a collection of personal narratives of American women who served as missionaries in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. They witnessed and participated in the social and political changes of the time, and confronted the challenges of being women and foreigners in a patriarchal and hostile environment.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.