ABSTRACT
This chapter is a collection of sketches of Methodist women in five different European contexts. It portrays Maria Charlotta Hydén, a Finnish Methodist pioneer teacher; Fredrikke Nielsen, a Norwegian actress who felt called into an evangelistic ministry that took her around the world; Mary Ellen Piggott, a British missionary’s wife who served in Italy; Marie Bagger, a Danish deaconess who served as a nurse in several Scandinavian settings; and Mary Matthews, an American missionary who pioneered Methodism in Macedonia. This compilation demonstrates the various pioneering roles assumed by Methodist women in Europe.
