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4 unusual facts about Dilys Grace Edmunds


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Dilys Grace Edmunds (1879–1926), early 20th century Methodist teacher in India

Dilys Grace Edmunds

Her teaching career began in London, but in 1914 as war broke out in Europe, she sailed to India, funded by of a Welsh missionary society, to teach at a secondary school in Silchar.

Two years later she was offered a post in charge of the Girl's School at Karimganj.

Returning to Britain after the end of World War One, arriving towards the end of 1920 and staying for about a year, she raised funds in London and Wales for a building programme to provide residential hostels for Indian teachers, accommodation for school children in the Karimanj District, and to establish a 'School of Weaving' for the Girl's School at Karimganj.



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