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official persons. The natives of India, too, were very 

 grateful to her for that kindness and sympathy she 

 was showing them. Some of the ladies were most 

 enthusiastic about her. They thought it wonderful 

 she should take such a journey on their account. One 

 lady in particular expressed the opinion that Miss 

 Carpenter "ought to be adored." The official Eng- 

 lish, however, were rather shocked, and thought her 

 bold and revolutionary. Scarcely any of the English 

 ladies would come near her, and seemed quite afraid 

 of her. One day news was brought to her that " a 

 whole sermon was preached against her in one of the 

 churches." Adverse criticism of this kind never made 

 Miss Carpenter stop in her career for a single instant. 

 She said, " That sort of thing does not matter. I am 

 used to it." 



So far as education was concerned her great desire 

 was to establish female normal schools, where women 

 could be trained to act as teachers to their own sex. 

 She established some of these schools, and on the 

 occasion of her second visit to India she even took 

 the post of lady superintendent, and engaged in the 

 work of instruction. It was indeed wonderful that so 

 many years ago she perceived the existence of evils 

 which the reformers of to-day are only now beginning 

 to remedy, namely, the evils which arise from the 

 early marriage of Hindoo women, their enforced 

 widowhood, and the sufferings they endure from 

 the want of medical assistance. Years after Miss 



