Mary Scott (1877-1964) was a remarkable missionary for her era, coming from an aristocratic background, home-schooled, and with no professional qualifications or experience. Nonetheless she was determined to work as a missionary, and aged 27 in 1905 she travelled to the Eastern Himalayas for what turned into a 48-year career in the region, working initially with Dr John Anderson Graham and his wife Katherine Graham. Mary’s work was defined by her determination to empower the women and girls of the region, including introducing education for girls into Sikkim. In her final 13 years in Kalimpong, she opened the first home and school for blind, deaf and mute children in the Eastern Himalayas.

In 1984 her former colleague, the leprosy specialist Dr Albert Craig, published this 5,600-word booklet about her life and work.