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{{Expand Swedish|Mary Ann Cooke|date=July 2021|topic=bio}}
'''Mary Ann Cooke''' (1784-1868) was a British [[missionary]] and educator, active in [[Calcutta]] in [[India]].<ref>Laird, M. Wilson [née Cooke], Mary Anne (1783/4–1868), missionary. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 10 Jul. 2021, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-48959.</ref> In 1821, she became the first single female missionary to be sent from [[England]] to India, and founded a network of missionary [[girls' schools]] in Calcutta, which were famous as the first schools for girls in India, laying the foundation for modern female education in India.
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