Annie Laurie Adams Baird

Annie Laurie Adams Baird (September 15, 1864 – June 9, 1916) was an American Presbyterian missionary in Korea, serving with her husband, Rev.

[1] Baird and her husband were recently married when the Presbyterian Missions Board sent them to Korea to serve as missionaries.

They were stationed at Seoul, Busan, and Daegu between 1891 and 1897, and Annie Baird was responsible for working with local women, often welcoming them into her home.

[3] Baird assisted her husband as a translator, and wrote several published texts on mission work in Korea, including Daybreak in Korea (1909)[4] Fifty helps for the beginner in the use of the Korean language (1911),[5] and Inside Views of Mission Life (1913).

[6] She described a Pyongyang revival meeting as "like hell, uncovered," shocked by the intense public displays of penitence among the Korean converts.