Currently resenting the need to sleep
There's just too much to do these days! Between the data entry (I'm almost up to 500- yes, that is indeed how slow progress is), transcribing/analyzing the other primary sources I've got, working out the outline of the chapter, writing fellowship applications, and sneaking in the yard work it's warm enough (at this very moment at least) to do, there just aren't enough hours in the day to sleep! And since you all know me, you all know I need my sleep. Thank goodness there aren't any students coming in to my job at the moment, and I can work on the diss- I need all the extra hours I can get.
Despite all this whining, though, it's going pretty well- I've come across a second person who was killed in the Kobe earthquake, greater confirmation that the women who went abroad didn't have fathers to stop them, and that lots were Presbyterians and Methodists (interesting because I'm pretty sure both churches had foreign missions of their own). I also came across some fantastic quotes, one of which I've put below.
With writing the fellowship proposals- one for education and one for religion/ethics, I've been thinking a bit about the diss in general in those contexts, which is a nice thing at the moment. In terms especially of the latter, I've been getting to know a bit more about Pentecostalism from a transnational perspective- some interesting historical connections, particularly with the idea of speaking in tongues. Unfortunately there isn't that much on Agnes Hill, the one who came from here and went to India and eventually became Pentecostal, but I've been slowly tracking down what there is.
On that note, I'll leave you with this quote from my notes. It comes from a Foreign Secretaries Survey that the YW did in the early 1930's, as sort of a state of the profession. This is the last question, and the committee's summary and comment:
"What three or four distinctive qualifications, if any, do you believe necessary for the secretaryship abroad?
Adaptability, flexibility; creative imagination, resourcefulness, originality, initiative; open mindedness and appreciation of those who differ; extra amount of courtesy, tact and patience; adventuresomeness and enjoyment of new experiences; good health and energy, willingness not to be in the forefront; broad cultural and educational background; successful experience in this country; statesmanship and international viewpoint, knowledge of the Y.W.C.A. commitment to it; a well thought out philosophy of life very necessary; mental, spiritual and emotional balance; spiritual resources and a deep religious life (The frequency with which the last two are mentioned suggest the need for a psychiatric examination)." (US YWCA National Board Microfilm, Reel 112)
Despite all this whining, though, it's going pretty well- I've come across a second person who was killed in the Kobe earthquake, greater confirmation that the women who went abroad didn't have fathers to stop them, and that lots were Presbyterians and Methodists (interesting because I'm pretty sure both churches had foreign missions of their own). I also came across some fantastic quotes, one of which I've put below.
With writing the fellowship proposals- one for education and one for religion/ethics, I've been thinking a bit about the diss in general in those contexts, which is a nice thing at the moment. In terms especially of the latter, I've been getting to know a bit more about Pentecostalism from a transnational perspective- some interesting historical connections, particularly with the idea of speaking in tongues. Unfortunately there isn't that much on Agnes Hill, the one who came from here and went to India and eventually became Pentecostal, but I've been slowly tracking down what there is.
On that note, I'll leave you with this quote from my notes. It comes from a Foreign Secretaries Survey that the YW did in the early 1930's, as sort of a state of the profession. This is the last question, and the committee's summary and comment:
"What three or four distinctive qualifications, if any, do you believe necessary for the secretaryship abroad?
Adaptability, flexibility; creative imagination, resourcefulness, originality, initiative; open mindedness and appreciation of those who differ; extra amount of courtesy, tact and patience; adventuresomeness and enjoyment of new experiences; good health and energy, willingness not to be in the forefront; broad cultural and educational background; successful experience in this country; statesmanship and international viewpoint, knowledge of the Y.W.C.A. commitment to it; a well thought out philosophy of life very necessary; mental, spiritual and emotional balance; spiritual resources and a deep religious life (The frequency with which the last two are mentioned suggest the need for a psychiatric examination)." (US YWCA National Board Microfilm, Reel 112)
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