Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew

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Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew

1845–1917

A reformer and writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she is best remembered for investigating the treatment of women under imperial systems and helping bring those findings to a wider public. Her books, written with Katharine C. Bushnell, combined travel, activism, and sharp social criticism.

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Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers

Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers

by Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew, Katharine C. (Katharine Caroline) Bushnell

About the author

Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew was an American educator, temperance worker, missionary-minded reformer, and writer. Records consulted for this profile place her life from 1845 to 1917, and contemporary reference sources describe her as active in religious and social reform work.

She is most closely associated with Katharine C. Bushnell, with whom she coauthored The Queen's Daughters in India (1899) and Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers (1907). These books examined the exploitation of women and girls in places shaped by empire, especially in India and Asia, and argued that Christian nations were failing to protect the vulnerable.

What makes her work stand out today is the way it joined investigation with advocacy. Rather than writing at a distance, she helped document systems of abuse and turned those findings into books meant to stir public conscience and reform.