Mary G. Burdette

Mary G. Burdette (1842 - 1907) was an American Baptist teacher, preceptor, writer and missionary leader.

She was the secretary for the Women's American Baptist Home Missionary Society.

[2] In 1881, the society established the Baptist Missionary Training School and appointed Burdette its leader for the first six years.

She wrote and edited several articles[4] including A Trip Through Indian Country (1863),[5] Home Mission Lessons, "Sunlight Mission : sought, sound, opened", "Cuba : discovered, degraded, delivered (1911), "Twenty-two years' work among Mormons", "Work in Mexico : 1885-1905", and Young women among blanket Indians (1895).

[6] The Mary G. Burdette Memorial Home, a gift of the Women's Baptist Missionary Society, was used as the National Training School for Girls in Washington.