Evangeline French

While MC and Evangeline (Eva) French were home on furlough, Cable met Evangeline's younger sister Francesca . The three women became a three-fold cord, which could not easily be broken.

In September 1902 MC met her fellow-missionary Evangeline French in North China and travelled with her to Hwochow in Shansi. They became lifelong companions. MC had seen a portrait of Eva (as Evangeline was...

Friends from HW 's time at Somerville included Maude Clarke , whom she had known as a child and whose Oxford position had been one of the incentives to go there, and archaelogist Helen Lorimer

MC arrived at a North China mission station, and went on from there to her work at Hwochow in the province of Shansi. She travelled with Evangeline French , whom she had just met...

MC and Evangeline and Francesca French began their nomadic travels as itinerant missionaries, teaching Christianity throughout the provinces of Shensi, Kansu, Mongolia and Sinkiang, the Great Northwest of China.

MC and Evangeline and Francesca French made another journey, of over 6,000 miles, from Suchow to London via the Gobi Desert, Russia, and the rest of Europe for one of their leaves in England.

MC and Evangeline and Francesca French rented a flat in Hampstead, to help their missionary work for organisations including the British and Foreign Bible Society , the China Inland Mission , and the Salvation Army .

During a period of civil unrest in China, MC and Evangeline and Francesca French returned home on leave to London via Siberia, Moscow, and Berlin.

MC and Evangeline and Francesca French were ordered to leave China permanently, along with all other foreigners, because of the Sino-Japanese war.

This book arose from MC 's experiences at the first mission she visited in China. While she retains sole authorship, MC acknowledges the important role of the Frenchsisters in the book's production, saying...

Most comment on The Gobi Desert disregards the question of its authorship in favour of discussing the three women's extraordinary lives together.

The women claim in their foreword that this book is an answer to the question: What takes these three women to such God-forsaken places? While Evangeline French signed the foreword, she is not credited...

MC and Francesca French published their last travel book, Journey with a Purpose, which documents their travels with Eva in Australia, New Zealand, and India.

Something Happened, the autobiography of MC and her two fellow missionaries, the Frenchsisters , appeared while the authors were on leave in London.

MC and Evangeline and Francesca French were sent on a tour of Australia, New Zealand, and India by the British and Foreign Bible Society .