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Author Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941.

Title The undaunted women of Nanking : the wartime diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang / edited, annotated, and translated by Hua-ling Hu, Zhang Lian-hong.

Publication Info. Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 238 pages : illustrations, maps)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Biographical sketches : Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shiu-Fang -- A note on the two diaries -- Juxtaposition--Excerpts from the two diaries, December 8, 1937, to March 1, 1938 -- Receiving refugees at Ginling College under intensifying bombardment -- Japanese occupation of Nanking--soldiers' rampage, residents' terror -- Observing holidays in a time of horror and the refugees' "goddess of mercy" -- Registration of women and the return of American and European diplomats -- Life and problems inside the Ginling camp -- The Japanese demand to close refugee camps and Vautrin's defiance -- Slowly restoring law and order, but soldiers keep searching for "Hwa Gu-Niang" -- Aftermath -- Appendix: Reports by Minnie Vautrin on the rape of Nanking from her correspondence -- A review of the first month: December 13, 1937-January 13, 1938 -- As a refugee camp : January 14-March 31, 1938.
Summary During the infamous "Rape of Nanking," a brutal military occupation of Nanking, China, that began in December 1937, it is estimated that Japanese soldiers killed between 200,000 and 300,000 Chinese and raped between 20,000 and 80,000 women. In response to the atrocities, a group of westerners organized the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone and attempted to shelter refugees. Among these humanitarian heroes was Minnie Vautrin, an American missionary and acting president of Ginling College. She and Tsen Shui-fang, her Chinese assistant and a trained nurse, turned the c.
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Subject Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941 -- Diaries.
Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941.
Genre/Form Diaries.
Subject Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969 -- Diaries.
Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969.
Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- Biography -- Officials and employees.
Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China)
Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969.
Nanking Massacre (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China : 1937)
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937 -- Personal narratives.
Genre/Form Personal narratives.
Subject Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- China -- Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
Women missionaries -- China -- Diaries.
Women missionaries.
China.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Personal narratives.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Atrocities.
Atrocities.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- Biography.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Military history.
Diaries.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Added Author Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969.
Hu, Hualing.
Zhang, Lian-hong.
Other Form: Print version: Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941. Undaunted women of Nanking. Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010 9780809329632 (DLC) 2009037023 (OCoLC)437115091
ISBN 9780809385614 (electronic book)
0809385619 (electronic book)
1280696966
9781280696961
9780809329632 (alkaline paper)
0809329638 (alkaline paper)