Zamin Ki Dost (; pen name of Willimina Leonora Armstrong) (August 14, 1866 – November 2, 1947) was an American physician, writer, and lecturer. She is best known for her book Incense of Sandalwood (1904) and stories of India written in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort and published as Son of Power (1920).
Early life and education Willimina Leonora Armstrong was born in Nebraska in 1866, the daughter of William Leonard Armstrong and Elizabeth Summers Armstrong (1830-1870). Her father was a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War. She was educated in Philadelphia.
Career In 1887 she went to India as a medical missionary and served with her older sister, physician Saleni Armstrong-Hopkins. In 1901 she settled in Los Angeles teaching philosophy, and writing stories and poems. In 1904 she published the book Incense of Sandalwood where she gathered her experience of living in India. She wrote eighteen stories of India under the pen name Zamin Ki Dost published in collaboration with Will Levington Comfort as Son of Power. She also composed songs. Armstrong was sued in 1913 for compelling a loan from one of her students with hypnotism.
Death Willimina Leonora Armstrong died in 1947, and is buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, California. Her papers are in the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.Finding Aid for the Zamin Ki Dost Papers, 1930-1960 , UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
Works
Books
1904 – Willimina Leonora Armstrong, Incense of the Sandalwood 1920 – Will Levington Comfort, Willimina Leonora Armstrong, Son of Power 1931 – Will Levington Comfort, Zamin ki Dost, Caroline Renner, Bestien und Heilige 1957 – Essential things to know and do, compiled by Noor Zhan
Songs
1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Have no Fear 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Armageddon 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Light of my eyes 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, I hear his voice calling me 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, America invincible; Office for our dead 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Lullabye 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, A hymn to world peace; Office for our dead 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, The great transmuter 1908 – Zamin Ki Dost, Uncle Samuel's men
References
External links
Willimina Leonora Armstrong on Find a Grave