TY - BOOK AU - Zwiep,Mary TI - Pilgrim path: the first company of women missionaries to Hawaii SN - 0299129004 U1 - 266/.023730969/082 20 PY - 1991/// CY - Madison, Wis. PB - University of Wisconsin Press KW - Missions KW - Hawaii KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Women missionaries KW - To 1893 KW - Geschichte KW - 1809-1848 KW - To KW - 1893 KW - 19th KW - century KW - Women N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-366) and index; Mission family -- Pagan shores -- This ransomed land -- Good fight -- Children of light -- Tie that binds -- Pilgrim path N2 - In late October of 1819, the first of twelve companies of missionaries bound for Hawaii left Boston Harbor. Over five months later, upon arriving in the islands, they began their work of converting the Hawaiians to Protestant Christianity. --from introduction ER -