Kwon 2017, 163쪽 "Mary Fletcher Benton Scranton was born on December 9, 1832, in Belchertown, Massachusetts, a small manufacturing town known chiefly in the mid-nineteenth century for its production of carriages and wagons." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 163쪽 "her father, brother, and nephew were all ordained ministers—and became a Christian herself at the age of twelve.2 As a young girl, Mary attended public schools and later entered the Norwich Female Academy in neighboring Connecticut." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 163쪽 "In 1853 she married an iron manufacturer named William Scranton, and together they had one son, William Benton Scranton, before the elder William died in 1872. Thus widowed at forty, Mary eventually followed her son westward and settled in Ohio." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 163쪽 "she served as a conference secretary for the New York and New England branches of the Methodist Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS)." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 163쪽 "The WFMS had been founded in 1869, when a group of women gathered at the Tremont Street Church in Boston to organize a female mission agency." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 163쪽 "the WFMS sought to establish an organization that would function independently from the male-run, parent Methodist board." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 163쪽 "with nine regional branches, several thousand auxiliaries, and more than ninety thousand in membership, the WFMS was on its way to becoming the most prominent US women’s mission society of its time." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 163쪽 "In the decades following the Civil War (1861–65), however, their presence reached unprecedented heights. Dozens of new female mission agencies were established by the turn of the century, as women created extensive networks buttressed by activities at the local level. Such growth reflected the broader momentum foreign missions were gaining in the post–Civil War years, but women also saw themselves as bearing a special burden for the evangelization of women around the world." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 164쪽 " In the fall of 1884 Mary’s son, a graduate of Yale College and a medical doctor, was appointed as the Methodist Church’s first missionary to Korea. Mary was close to her only child, and after learning of his assignment, she decided to accompany him as a family member. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the WFMS then invited her to go to Korea as one of its own agents. She later said of her acceptance of the request, “The call of my son . . . was a call to me also.”" Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
Kwon 2017, 164쪽 "In one major respect, however, Scranton differed from the more typical WFMS missionary candidate: her age. At fifty-one years, Scranton fell outside the WFMS’s standard window, which was between twenty-two and thirty, and bore a closer resemblance to the organization’s often married leaders at home than to the single, younger representatives sent abroad. Even so, the age rule could be suspended if the candidate possessed such characteristics as “a thorough intellectual training” and “a remarkable ability for Christian work”; to the WFMS, Scranton indeed proved a worthy exception. Her prior involvement in the society displayed examples of “Christian usefulness,” and though her commitment to the foreign missionary life had come in an unexpected way, she was confident of a personal calling to the work." Kwon, Andrea (2017년 4월 11일). “The Legacy of Mary Scranton”. 《International Bulletin of Mission Research》 (영어) (SAGE Publisher ltd) 42 (2).
