<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Missionary sister poses with adult women catechumens, Benin, ca. 1900-1930</dc:title><dc:date>1900-1930</dc:date><dc:description>Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.</dc:description><dc:description>DAHOMEY - Cours de Catechisme aux adultes. ("Catechism course for adults.")  A seated missionary sister poses with twenty-one Dahomean women in a courtyard.  On two chairs next to the sister are two large pictures used in aiding the catechism.  The women are all wearing garments of various colors and patterns.  Postcard issued by the "Congregation des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres pour les Missions Africaines - Venissieux (Rhone)."</dc:description><dc:description>The back of the postcard is blank.</dc:description><dc:format>still image</dc:format></oai_dc:dc>