Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations and Tables ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Historical Highlights xii
6. Key People xvi
7. Foreword xviii
8. Preface xxiii
9. Introduction 3
10. Before the Closure of the Peking Union Medical College
11. China Calling (1914–33) 23
12. Unsettling Nursing (1932–40) 60
13. Shifting Missions (1936–40) 81
14. Waiting to Exhale (1940–42) 116
15. After the Closure of the Peking Union Medical College
16. Starting Over in West China (1943–45) 167
17. Fighting the Foundation’s “Darling Child” (1943–46) 204
18. “Our Triumphant Return” (1946–49) 230
19. The Last Chapter (1949–51) 257
20. Conclusion 281
21. Acknowledgments 292
22. List of Nurses at the West China Mission, 1895–1951 296
23. PUMC Nursing Faculty, 1917–49 299
24. List of Interned Nurses in China 303
25. PUMC Nursing Graduates, 1924–39 313
26. Notes 317
27. Bibliography 367
28. Index 373