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

Vautrin, Minnie 1886-1941.

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The undaunted women of Nanking the wartime diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang / edited and translated by Hua-ling Hu, Zhang Lian-hong. . — Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2010..

x, 238 p., [14] p. of plates ill., maps 24 cm.

Includes translation from Chinese.

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.

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Vautrin, Minnie 1886-1941 --Diaries.
Tsen, Shui-fang 1875-1969 --Diaries.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
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.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)--Biography.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)--History, Military--20th century.