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knowledge, and lore. Lawry and other women relied on local women to help them become established in their homes. They were assistants, nursemaids, and guides. They also helped them attain provisions. Women traded in handicrafts, food, and moccasins. The nature of the relationships between the missionary women and the native women helped them develop "a close and easy bond".
149:. Their first child, Elizabeth, was born prematurely on 19 August 1820, in the midst of an influenza epidemic. Lawry was sick for days before the delivery. A premature infant was among the most susceptible people to get the pneumonia-like flu. The baby died on 1 September 1820, three days after her grandfather Rowland Hassall died, and she was buried at
115:. Soon after, he began courting his future bride. Walter's allure was his "ready humour and characteristic sensitivity". The couple married in a triple ceremony on 22 November 1819 with her brothers Samuel and Jonathan and their brides Lucy Mileham and Mary Rouse, respectively. Her father wrote a hymn for the ceremony.
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I think it may be easier for a woman to be a missionary than for a man. Why? I am able to come to Tonga and bring my work, the shape of my days, with me almost unaltered. The bundle may have been rearranged; a little lumpy in places, but the same elements are still there—wife, mother, housewife . . .
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Lawry worked quite hard while in Tonga and during their time there, she miscarried a baby. She was pregnant again when they returned to
Parramatta in 1823 to tend to Mary's health. She gave birth to Elizabeth in 1824. Walter, born and raised in England, had charges against him by the missionary
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on New Year's Day of 1825. Lawry became pregnant shortly after arriving in
Cornwall, England, where many of Walter's family lived. The Lawry's daughter Mary Australia was born in December 1825. Two weeks later, on Christmas Day 1825, Lawry died as the result of complications of childbirth.
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Lawry stated that it was not her job to inspire conversion. According to Chilla
Bulbeck, "women were not the explicit purveyors of colonial domination that their husbands were: British menfolk provided the iron of rigid rule and railroad." The biographical fiction book about Mary's life,
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My affairs with my dear Mary are all settled… My heart cleaves to the young lady whom I have chosen for my companion thro’ tribulations; and from her I expect nothing but sweetness and the very best of enjoyments; but the family are
Calvinistic Dissenters, which thing annoys
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Christianity. Men traded in animals and weapons. Walter spent much of his time at home learning the language.
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She was said to be devoted her life to others and "Not only did she set the benchmark for the love and service displayed by our subsequent female leaders - she did so with undeniable courage."
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