Magdalena Hergert Becker, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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field matron, missionary
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About Magdalena Hergert Becker
- Magdalena Hergert Becker (4 August 1878, Ebenfeld, Kansas to 7 July 1938, Indiahoma, Oklahoma) was a pioneer missionary.
- She served as Field Matron at Post Oak Missionary in Oklahoma for 28 years.
- The matron position was one created by the US government to assist with assimilation efforts.
- Becker was considered a success in the matron program as some Native Americans did identify as Christian. Becker was married to Abraham “A.J.” Becker, a Mennonite missionary.
- They had 7 children with 1 dying in infancy.
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