[CHINA] History of South China Mission, American Presbyterian Church, 1845-1920

Noyes, Harriet N. [CHINA] History of the South China Mission of the American Presbyterian Church, 1845-1920. Shanghai: Printed at the Presbyterian Mission Press, 1927. First Edition. [11400]

 Gray wrappers, title on front and spine, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Ex historical society copy, with white label on the front cover, name and "withdrawn" stamp on the title page, never had a card pocket or lending slip. xi, 155 pages, 20 unnumbered b/w plates. Good. Paperback.

Preface by Harriet N. Noyes, the author.

Chapters on the Rev. E. C. Boardman; Rev. Andrew P. Happer; Rev. Charles F. Preston, John G. Kerr, M.D.; Rev. Henry Varnum Noyes; The Province of Kwong Tung; The Tai Ping Rebellion; the final and first decades of the 19th & 20th centuries; and The New China. Includes illustrations from photographs of the various ministers, the Hakka Chapel, the Yeung Mui and Tai Tong Chapel, The Martyred Missionaries of Lien Chow, &c.

Harriet Newell Noyes (1844-1924), b. Guilford, Ohio; the daughter of the Rev. Varnum Noyes (1804-188), a Presbyterian minister. She became, like her namesake, a missionary.  The Presbyterian Church (US), sent her to China, where she remained from 1868 to 1923, a remarkable record of service. She established the first school for women in Guangdong Province, the True Light Academy in Shakee.

"She is credited with establishing the first generation of professional women of that province. Women who were educated during her 50 years at the school went on to become 286 teachers, 114 doctors, and more than 30 nurses." - Cheng, Eileen, Harriet Newell Noyes: Foreign Pioneer of Women's Education in Guangdong.