Mary Schauffler Platt

Born in Istanbul in 1868 to missionary parents, Mary Schauffler Platt grew up in a world deeply connected to Presbyterian mission work. She later became a missionary and writer herself, and her life was closely tied to Persia, where she spent important years and drew on firsthand experience for her books.

Her writing includes The Child in the Midst, a study of child welfare in Christian and non-Christian lands, and The War Journal of a Missionary in Persia, which preserves vivid accounts from a time of danger and upheaval. The record of her work shows a writer interested not just in faith, but in the daily realities of families, education, and service.

Sources available online also note that she was widowed after her first husband was killed in Persia and that she later remarried. She died in 1954, leaving behind books that reflect both personal resilience and a strong sense of purpose.