The Chinese Medical Ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 18721937: On a Cross-Cultural Frontier of Gender, Race, and Nation
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Chinese Medical Ministries of Kang Cheng and Shi Meiyu, 18721937: On a Cross-Cultural Frontier of Gender, Race, and Nation
By (Author) Connie A. Shemo
Lehigh University Press
Lehigh University Press
22nd September 2011
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
951.035
Physical Properties
Hardback
304
Width 162mm, Height 240mm, Spine 27mm
572g
Description
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 womens history, deepening our understanding of how ideas about women have traveled across national boundaries.
Author Bio
Connie A. Shemo is assistant professor of history at SUNY-Plattsburgh.
