Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Mary Rebecca Stewart Bird (1859–1914) was a London Church Mission Society (CMS) missionary who pioneered Christian ministry to Iranian women and women’s medical missions in the CMS.Although she had received no official medical training, Bird was the first female medical missionary to be employed by the CMS and is most well known[citation needed] for her medical work in Iran which was widely popular[citation needed] despite strong resistance shown by Muslim authorities. Born in a weakened state, Bird died in 1914 at the age of fifty-five leaving behind a vibrant medical ministry in Iran.. }
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- Mary_Bird_(medical_missionary) abstract "Mary Rebecca Stewart Bird (1859–1914) was a London Church Mission Society (CMS) missionary who pioneered Christian ministry to Iranian women and women’s medical missions in the CMS.Although she had received no official medical training, Bird was the first female medical missionary to be employed by the CMS and is most well known[citation needed] for her medical work in Iran which was widely popular[citation needed] despite strong resistance shown by Muslim authorities. Born in a weakened state, Bird died in 1914 at the age of fifty-five leaving behind a vibrant medical ministry in Iran.".