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Educating the Women of Hainan : The Career of Margaret Moninger in China, 1915-1942 / Kathleen L. Lodwick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lodwick, Kathleen L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moninger, Mary Margaret, 1891-1950.
- Moninger, Mary Margaret.
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Hainan Mission--History.
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
- Women--Education--China--History--20th century.
- Women.
- Presbyterian Church--Education--History.
- Presbyterian Church.
- Women missionaries--United States--Biography.
- Women missionaries.
- Women missionaries--China--Biography.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- For Margaret Moninger -- a brilliant, fun-loving, and dedicated young woman from Iowa -- a career as a missionary in China promised adventure and the chance for responsibility and authority denied most American women of her time. In 1915 she went as a Presbyterian missionary to Hainan Island, China's southernmost territory, where she remained until repatriated in 1942.During her years in Hainan, Moninger played many roles: she headed a girls' mission school, wrote scholarly articles on the Miao aborigines, collected botanical specimens for scientists at home, and served as mission treasurer. S
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Joining the Hainan Mission, 1915; 2. The Young Missionary, 1916-1921; 3. Turmoil and Flight, 1922-1927; 4. Come Rejoicing, 1928-1935; 5. Warfare, 1936-1942; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-246) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813156309
- 0813156300
- 9780813194240
- 0813194245
- 9780813161747
- 0813161746
- OCLC:
- 900344577
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