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BCW volume 2: reviewed material from B. de Zirkoff’s compiler notes
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|description=An early member of the Theosophical Society in India. She and her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gordon, joined in 1879. She became president of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society in Calcutta in 1883. Her interests included spiritualism; she published accounts of her experiences. | |description=An early member of the Theosophical Society in India. She and her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gordon, joined in 1879. She became president of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society in Calcutta in 1883. Her interests included spiritualism; she published accounts of her experiences. | ||
Her admission to the Society dates to August 1879. She accompanied the Founders to Benares that December and hosted them and the Sinnetts at Simla in October 1880. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxviii-xxix,xxxiv]]}} | |||
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|mentioned in=[[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxviii-xxix,xxxiv]]) | |||
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