Canadian Baptist Mission Work Among Women in Andhra, India, 1874-1924: Baptist Women Evolved a Role for Themselves in an Otherwise Male-Dominated Mission Enterprise and a Patriarchal Telugu Society‪.‬

Many indigenous cultural factors affected the process of women playing an active role and seizing the initiative in the mission enterprise. Increasing women's assertion movements across the world at the dusk of the nineteenth century and the sense of solidarity among women transcending all ethnic boundaries fostered the women's participation in the growth of a Baptist church and the Telugu Renaissance. The missionary enterprise created opportunities for women to serve and assert their status in church and society. The avenues of women's participation included various dimensions of ministry such as preaching the gospel stories, healing, and working on literacy. These avenues enabled women to enter spheres of activity that once were closed to them. Though women Were active throughout the missionary era, this study focuses on the years 1874 to 1924. This study considers the mission activities in Godavari districts of Andhra with passing references to activities in other districts.