Undaunted by the challenges facing her, Isabella arrived in Lucknow on January 7, 1870 to fulfill her dream of bringing education to the women of India. Three months later, six timid young girls became her first pupils--the school, one room in the Lucknow bazaar. As money became available she was able to purchase a large building which she converted into a boarding school. The boarding school became a high school, and eventually a college. She died of cholera after thirty-one years of devoted service to the Methodist Episcopal Church and its missionary work. She is quoted as saying, "I cannot remember the word 'fear' had any place in the household vocabulary. If it was right to go anywhere, go we must, in darkness or storm or danger. Not to go was never mentioned as a possibility, and so not thought of."
Undaunted by the challenges facing her, Isabella arrived in Lucknow on January 7, 1870 to fulfill her dream of bringing education to the women of India. Three months later, six timid young girls became her first pupils--the school, one room in the Lucknow bazaar. As money became available she was able to purchase a large building which she converted into a boarding school. The boarding school became a high school, and eventually a college. She died of cholera after thirty-one years of devoted service to the Methodist Episcopal Church and its missionary work. She is quoted as saying, "I cannot remember the word 'fear' had any place in the household vocabulary. If it was right to go anywhere, go we must, in darkness or storm or danger. Not to go was never mentioned as a possibility, and so not thought of."
Family Members
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Jeanette Thoburn Wilson
1823–1910
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Col Joseph Thoburn
1825–1864
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Thomas Crawford Thoburn
1827–1911
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Matthew Crawford Thoburn
1827–1848
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David Lyle Thoburn
1832–1865
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Ellen Thoburn Cowen
1834–1914
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Bishop James Mills Thoburn
1836–1922
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Mary Clark Thoburn Cratty
1838–1916
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Isabella Thoburn
1840–1901
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Eliza Ann Dixon Thoburn Mills
1843–1930
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