The undaunted women of Nanking
Subtitle: the wartime diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang
By: edited, annotated, and translated by Hua-ling Hu, Zhang Lian-hong.
Contributors: Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969.; Hu, Hualing.; Zhang, Lian-hong.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780809329632
Subjects: Vautrin, Minnie, -- 1886-1941 -- Diaries; Tsen, Shui-fang, -- 1875-1969 -- Diaries; Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- Officials and employees -- Biography; Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937 -- Personal narratives; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- China -- Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng); Women missionaries -- China -- Diaries; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Personal narratives; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Atrocities; Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- Biography; Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- History, Military -- 20th century
Genres: Diaries; Personal narratives; Biography
Table of contents: title: Biographical sketches; title: Minnie Vautrin (1886-1941); title: Tsen Shiu-fang (1875-1969); title: A note on the two diaries; title: Excerpts from the diaries, December 8, 1937, to March 1, 1938; title: Receiving refugees at Ginling College under intensified bombardment; title: Japanese occupation of Nanking : soldiers, rampage, terror; title: Observing holidays in time of horror and the refugees' "goddess of mercy"; title: Registration and returning of American and European diplomats to Nanking; title: Life and problems inside the Ginling camp; title: Japanese demand to close refugee camps and Vautrin's defiance; title: Slowly restoring law and order, but continuously searching for "hwa gu-niang"; title: Aftermath; title: Appendix: Reports by Minnie Vautrin on the rape of Nanking from her correspondence; title: The first month : December 13, 1937-January 13, 1938; title: [Ginling College] as a refugee camp : January14-March 31, 1938.