Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941.

The Undaunted Women of Nanking The Wartime Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang / [Recurso electrónico] : edited and translated by Hua-ling Hu, Zhang Lian-hong. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (x, 238 p., [14] p. of plates :) ill., maps ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes translation from Chinese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Libro Electrónico

9780809385614 0809385619




Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969 --Diaries.
Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941 --Diaries.


Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China)--Officials and employees--Biography.


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.


Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)--History, Military--20th century.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)--Biography.


Electronic books.

DS797.56.N365 / V38 2010