cover image: Women's ward, Nigeria, ca. 1937

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Women's ward, Nigeria, ca. 1937

Black and white photograph showing the interior of an empty women's ward in Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.) The ward had both iron beds and cots. New buildings were officially opened at the hospital in 1937. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the hospital from 1921 to 1944.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77705
Date published
1932/1942
Dates
1932/1942
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-1-12.tif
Rights
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/7e2332fe86d78942c75ed1dd3b97e64e

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