NOTABLE WOMEN OF MODERN CHINA. [Essays On Six Chinese Christian Women]

New York 1912, Revell. Brown cloth, 271p., 16 b. w. photos, 14 x 21 cm., spine a bit faded, else a very clean and solid copy. FIRST ORIGINAL EDITION *** *** *** . . THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK . . . DISCOVERING OUTSTANDING WOMEN OF CHINA . . Excellent study, good biographical source for women in China. This work has six essays on Chinese Christian women, their mission and Christian accomplishments. . THE CHAPTERS: . 1. Dr. Hu King Eng, a Christian physician. . 2. Mrs. Ahok, mistress of he Home of Wealth, work among the . women of the upper classes. . 3. Dr. Ida Kahn, University of Michigan, seven years in . missionary at Kiukiang & pioneer of Nanchang. . 4. Dr. Mary Stone, Danforth Memorial hospital, with unbound . feet, winning friends in America. . 5. Yu Kuliang, truth seeker. . 6. Anna Stone, eager for education, among her own people. . *** WHO WAS MARGARET E. BURTON: Margaret Ernestine Burton [1885-1969] was an American woman missionary who traveled to China and Japan in 1909. She wrote several books based on her experiences and research while there inspecting Christian missions. . * Bibliography of Burton's writings: [1911] The Education of Women in China [1912] Notable Women of Modern China [1914] The Education of Women in Japan [1918] Women workers of the Orient . *** REFERENCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_E._Burton . *** .