Margaret Stephen Kennedy

Scottish missionary

Born
18 January 1814, Aberdeen
Died
23 May 1891, aged 77
Margaret Stephen Kennedy
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Margaret Stephen Kennedy was one of the first zenana missionaries in India in the mid nineteenth century. She is most known for her ability to connect with people along all classes and races, her work for the London Missionary Society orphanage in Benares, contributing aid to a leper sanctuary in Almora, and providing an English and Biblical education to the Raja of Coorg’s daughter, Victoria Gouramma.

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