The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969 : in love with the Chinese
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The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969 : in love with the Chinese
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
1st ed
- : hardback
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book describes the adaptation of American women to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from 1921 to 1969. The Maryknoll Sisters were first American Catholic community of women founded for overseas missionary work, and were the first American sisters in Hong Kong. Maryknollers were independent, outgoing, and joyful women who were highly educated, and acted in professional capacities as teachers, social workers and medical personnel. The assertion of this book is that the mission provided Maryknollers what they had long desired - equal emplyment opportunities - which were only later emphasized in the women's liberation movement of the 1960s.
Table of Contents
Introduction Early Arrival, 1921-1937 Difficult Years, 1937-1951 Extreme Poverty of the 1950s, King's Park and Tung Tau Tsuen Refugee Committees in the 1950s and Chai Wan Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon Tsai, and Social Services in the 1960s Kwun Tong and Chai Wan in the 1960s Conclusion
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