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The undaunted women of Nanking : the wartime diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang /

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Main Author: Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941
Other Authors: Zhang, Lian-hong, Hu, Hualing, Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Tsen, Shui-fang, > 1875-1969 > Diaries.
Vautrin, Minnie, > 1886-1941 > Diaries.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Atrocities.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Personal narratives.
Women missionaries > China > Diaries.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > China > Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937 > Personal narratives.
Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China) > Officials and employees > Biography.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > History, Military > 20th century.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > Biography.
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Table of 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.