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Alumni who spent some part of their later life/career in the USA

Photograph of a gravestone listing members of the Ross family

The Untold Story of an International Minister’s Wife: Helen Ross (née Cairns) (1883–1969)

Helen Ross spent her adult life moving across the world as a minister’s wife, mother, teacher, and role model within her community. Like many women of her time, the work that defined her life was unpaid and largely…

Date
3 June 2026
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Featured

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