The Widows Diary: Stories of India's Untouchable Women

by Stanley D. Williams (Editor), Edith Jane Willobee

Edith Jane Willobee was an American Christian missionary to India from 1908–1942. She ministered to the physical and spiritual needs of Dalit women and their children through orphanages and Widows Homes. From 1909–1919, Edith documented the lives of twenty-one widows who not only broke caste from a culture that considered women and widows a curse but sought physical and spiritual refuge with the sahibs and memsahibs who recognized their value and dignity. This small book honors the poor widows who suffered much and the missionaries who cared for them.

78 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2025

About the author

Stan Williams is a writer and filmmaker, based in Michigan with occasional forays to Los Angeles and Europe. He is known in the film industry as a story & screenplay consultant and workshop leader due to his book: The Moral Premise: Harnessing Virtue and Vice for Box Office Success that Will Smith calls: “The most powerful tool in my new tool box.” The Wizard Clip story came to him from an ex-pat Filipino and emigrant to Australia who thought the Wizard Clip would make a good movie. Stan agreed, but figured he better write the book first. In their free time, Stan and his wife, Pam, enjoy sailing on the Great Lakes aboard their 41’ ketch, Family Ties. Stan and Pam have three children, and ten grandchildren. Stan holds degrees in Physics (BA), Mass Communications (MA), and Film Studies/Narrative Theory (PhD).