Welthy Honsinger Fisher

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1879 – 1980

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Who was Welthy Honsinger Fisher?

Welthy Honsinger Fisher was the American founder of World Education and World Literacy Canada. Welthy was married to Frederick Bohn Fisher, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, missionary, author, and official in Methodist missionary and men's movements. Welthy was an intellectual, activist, and feminist requested by his friend Mohandas Gandhi to begin Literacy House outside of Lucknow, India, at the age of 73.

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Born
Sep 18, 1879
Rome
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Education
  • Syracuse University
Died
Dec 16, 1980

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on July 23, 2013

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