| ID | 165798 |
| Title Proper | American Women Missionaries on Trial in Turkey |
| Other Title Information | Religion, Diplomacy, and Public Perceptions in the 1920s |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Reeves-Ellington, Barbara |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | On April 30, 1928, a court in the town of Bursa, Republic of Turkey, found three American mission-school teachers guilty of proselytizing in contravention of Turkish law.1 Edith Sanderson, Lucille Day, and Jeannie Jillson received a light punishment, a small fine, and a three-day imprisonment, which they were allowed to serve by being confined to school grounds. Yet the leniency of the judgment belied the magnitude of the case during a tectonic shift in local politics that reverberated across the Atlantic. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomatic History Vol. 43, No.2; Apr 2019: p.246–264 |
| Journal Source | Diplomatic History Vol: 43 No 2 |
| Key Words | Diplomacy ; Religion ; Public Perceptions ; American Women Missionaries ; Trial in Turkey |