Work
She joined the mission in 1924 as a voluntary worker. At times, especially in the early years, there has been some friction between the missionaries in the field, but the disagreements seemed to be more or less over in the 1920s. Many of the Swedish missionaries who arrived in the early 1920s remained in service until 'the bitter end' in 1938. The missionary women were a tremendous asset in the whole missionary undertaking in a society marked by male chauvinism and prejudices where their gender-counterparts were segregated and could only be approached by women. In 1928 she returned to England where she became a secretary for the Royal Central Asia Society. Several years after she left Xinjiang, she assisted Sir Denison Ross in his research into the Eastern Turkish language.
Wingate never married. She died young while in Woking on 11 June 1953, aged 52. Her burial took place in Charlton where her mortal remains rest among other illustrious members of her family.
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