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Vautrin, Minnie,

The undaunted women of Nanking : the wartime diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang / edited and translated by Hua-ling Hu, Zhang Lian-hong. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010. - 238 p. ill.

Includes translation from Chinese.

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. HKBU library

YT2025 M08

ISBN: 9780809329632 0809329638

Subjects--Personal Names:
Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941
Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China)--Officials and employees

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--China--Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
Women missionaries--China
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Atrocities.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)--History, Military--20th century.

LC Class. No.: DS797 / V38 U 2010