Elisabeth Franke: A German Missionary’s Perspectives on Women’s Liberation in the Context of Racial and Religious Prejudice

Authors

Rebekah McKnight, Brigham Young University
Dr. Cindy Brewer, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Elisabeth Franke, German missionary, women's liberation, racial and religious prejudice

College

Humanities

Department

German and Russian

Abstract

Elisabeth Franke was a female German missionary in Turkey in the early 20th century. Her unique experience as a woman, a Christian, and a humanitarian offers a valuable perspective on religious and racial prejudice between Christian missionaries and Muslims at the time. Studying Franke’s text, Hinter dem Schleier: Ein Schrei der Not aus der mohammedanischen Frauenwelt (Behind the Veil: A cry of need from the world of Muslim women) enabled me to better understand and explain the incongruousness between typical Christian prejudice towards Islamic peoples and her particular interest in the liberation of Muslim women in Turkey.

Recommended Citation

McKnight, Rebekah and Brewer, Dr. Cindy (2013) "Elisabeth Franke: A German Missionary’s Perspectives on Women’s Liberation in the Context of Racial and Religious Prejudice," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 842.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/842