The Chinese Medical Ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 1872-1937 - On a Cross-Cultural Frontier of Gender, Race, and Nation

This is the first full length study of the medical ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu. Know in English speaking countries as Drs. Ida Kahn and Mary Stone, these two Chinese women opened a small Western style medical practice for women and children in the Jiujiang, China in 1896. At its broadest level, this study contributes to the development of a transnational women's history, deepening our understanding about how ideas about women have traveled across boundaries.

List of contents

Part 1 Acknowledgements Part 2 Dedication Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter 1: "Only Too Glad to Draw Attention From Our Feet:" The Childhoods of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 1873-1891 Chapter 5 Chapter 2 "All the Difference Between a Christian and a Heathen:" Medical School and Early Medical Ministry, 1892-1903 Chapter 6 Chapter 3: "To Develop Native Powers:" The Concept of "Self-Support" in Shi Meiyu's Nursing School, 1903-1911 Chapter 7 Chapter 4: "The Only Hope of China's Regeneration," Kang Cheng, 1903-1911 Chapter 8 Chapter 5: "How Better Could She Serve Her Country?:" Nurses, Amazons, and the 1911 Revolution Chapter 9 Chapter 6: "To Stand for the Best of Everything," Shi Meiyu, 1914-1920 Chapter 10 Chapter 7: "By Chinese Women for Chinese Women," Kang Cheng, 1914-1921 Chapter 11 Chapter 8: "More Loyal Chinese Citizens Cannot Be Found," Shi Meiyu, 1920-1937 Chapter 12 Chapter 9: "We Are True Nationalists," Kang Cheng, 1922-1931 Part 13 Conclusion Part 14 Bibliography

About the author

Connie A. Shemo is assistant professor of history at SUNY-Plattsburgh.

Product details

• Authors: Connie Anne Shemo, Connie Shemo, Connie A Shemo, Connie A. Shemo, Connie Anne Shemo
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781611460858
• ISBN: 978-1-61146-085-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Studies in Christianity in China; Studies in Missionaries and Ch; Studies in Christianity in Chi; Studies in Christianity in China
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous