Biographies and Portraits of Women Serving in the era of 1895 - 1945

Georgia Burrus Burgess (1866 - 1948)

Educator, frontier missionary in India. Ministered for 40 years, especially to women. Opened a school in Calcutta. She was prepared to go to India as a missionary with only $1; fortunately, someone gave her $80 more. The first year she served alone as self-supporting missionary.