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

by Shemo, Connie A.

• ISBN13: 9781611460858
• ISBN10: 1611460859
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-22
• Publisher: Lehigh University Press

Summary

This is the first full-length study of the medical ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, who graduated from the medical school at the University of Michigan in 1896 and then ran dispensaries, hospitals, and nursing schools in China from the 1890s to the 1930s. Known in English-speaking countries as Drs. Ida Kahn and Mary Stone, they were well-known both in China and in the United States in the early twentieth century, but today have largely been forgotten. This book gives readers today the chance to know these fascinating women, whose stories shed light on many aspects of U.S.-China relations. At its broadest level, this study contributes to the development of a transnational women's history, deepening our understanding of how ideas about women have traveled across national boundaries.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
"Only Too Glad to Draw Attention from Our Feet": The Childhoods of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 1873-1891	p. 17
"All the Difference between a Christian and a Heathen": Medical School and Early Medical Ministry, 1892-1903	p. 43
"To Develop Native Powers": The Concept of "Self-Support" in Shi Meiyu's Nursing School, 1903-1911	p. 71
"The Only Hope of China's Regeneration": Kang Cheng,1903-1911	p. 101
"How Better Could She Serve Her Country?": Nurses, Amazons, and the 1911 Revolution	p. 123
"To Stand for the Best of Everything": Shi Meiyu, 1914-1920	p. 141
"By Chinese Women for Chinese Women": Kang Cheng,1914-1921	p. 173
"More Loyal Chinese Citizens Cannot Be Found": Shi Meiyu, 1920-1937	p. 199
"We Are True Nationalists": Kang Cheng, 1922-1931	p. 233
Conclusion	p. 261
Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 279
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