Harriet Winslow
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| Born | 1796  |
| Died | 1833 (aged 36–37) |
Harriet Wadsworth Winslow (née Lathrop; 1796–1833), born in Norwich, Connecticut, was a prominent missionary attached to American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
She was married at age 23 to fellow missionary Rev. Miron Winslow. They were both deputed to Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, as part of the American Ceylon Mission.
She founded Asia’s first all-girls boarding school in Uduvil, Jaffna called Uduvil Girls' College. It was called Missionary Seminary and Female Central School.[1]
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