ABSTRACT
In the spring of 1915, the Kennedy School of Missions at Hartford Theological Seminary, the leading graduate school for missionary training in the United States at this time, offered the first graduate-level course on ethnology ever to be taught in America to missionary candidates. This chapter aims to provide a biographical portrait of Agnes Donohugh which highlights the different dimensions of her contributions to the field of anthropology, missionary training, mission thought, and even American foreign policy. Agnes and Thomas Donohugh returned to New York City in 1912, and Thomas began working with the Methodist Board of Missions in charge of missionary candidate recruitment while Agnes began graduate work at Columbia University. The chapter discusses Agnes Donohugh's educational experiences and her academic contributions to the discipline of anthropology. Perhaps Agnes Donohugh's most creative course and one which was likely not taught at Columbia University or perhaps at any other institution in her day were entitled simply "The Life of Women".
