The Chinese Medical Ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 1872–1937

On a Cross-Cultural Frontier of Gender, Race, and Nation

Connie A. Shemo

This is the first full-length study of the medical ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, who graduated from the medical school at the University of Michigan in 1896 and then ran dispensaries, hospitals, and nursing schools in China from the 1890s to the 1930s. Known in English-speaking countries as Drs. Ida Kahn and Mary Stone, they were well-known both in China and in the United States in the early twentieth century, but today have largely been forgotten. This book gives readers today the chance to know these fascinating women, whose stories shed light on many aspects of U.S.-China relations. At its broadest level, this study contributes to the development of a transnational women’s history, deepening our understanding of how ideas about women have traveled across national boundaries.

University Press Copublishing Division / Lehigh University Press

Pages: 304 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½

978-1-61146-085-8 • Hardback • September 2011 • $128.00 • (£98.00)

978-1-61146-086-5 • eBook • October 2011 • $121.50 • (£94.00)

Series: Studies in Christianity in China

Subjects: History / Asia / China, Medical / General

The Chinese Medical Ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 1872–1937

On a Cross-Cultural Frontier of Gender, Race, and Nation

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Summary

This is the first full-length study of the medical ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, who graduated from the medical school at the University of Michigan in 1896 and then ran dispensaries, hospitals, and nursing schools in China from the 1890s to the 1930s. Known in English-speaking countries as Drs. Ida Kahn and Mary Stone, they were well-known both in China and in the United States in the early twentieth century, but today have largely been forgotten. This book gives readers today the chance to know these fascinating women, whose stories shed light on many aspects of U.S.-China relations. At its broadest level, this study contributes to the development of a transnational women’s history, deepening our understanding of how ideas about women have traveled across national boundaries.

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University Press Copublishing Division / Lehigh University Press

Pages: 304 • Trim: 6⅜ x 9½

978-1-61146-085-8 • Hardback • September 2011 • $128.00 • (£98.00)

978-1-61146-086-5 • eBook • October 2011 • $121.50 • (£94.00)

Series: Studies in Christianity in China

Subjects: History / Asia / China, Medical / General

Author

Connie A. Shemo is assistant professor of history at SUNY-Plattsburgh.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: "Only Too Glad to Draw Attention From Our Feet:" The Childhoods of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 1873-1891
Chapter 2 "All the Difference Between a Christian and a Heathen:" Medical School and Early Medical Ministry, 1892-1903
Chapter 3: "To Develop Native Powers:" The Concept of "Self-Support" in Shi Meiyu's Nursing School, 1903-1911
Chapter 4: "The Only Hope of China's Regeneration," Kang Cheng, 1903-1911
Chapter 5: "How Better Could She Serve Her Country?:" Nurses, Amazons, and the 1911 Revolution
Chapter 6: "To Stand for the Best of Everything," Shi Meiyu, 1914-1920
Chapter 7: "By Chinese Women for Chinese Women," Kang Cheng, 1914-1921
Chapter 8: "More Loyal Chinese Citizens Cannot Be Found," Shi Meiyu, 1920-1937
Chapter 9: "We Are True Nationalists," Kang Cheng, 1922-1931
Conclusion
Bibliography