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About this book
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.
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Yes, you can access The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969 by C. Chu in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Asian History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Early Arrival, 1921–1937
- 3 Difficult Years, 1937–1951
- 4 Extreme Poverty of the 1950s, King’s Park and Tung Tau Tsuen
- 5 Refugee Communities in the 1950s and Chai Wan
- 6 Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon Tsai, and Social Services in the 1960s
- 7 Kwun Tong and Chai Wan in the 1960s
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix I Statistics on Maryknoll Sisters Who Were in Hong Kong from 1921 to 2004
- Appendix II List of Maryknoll Sisters Who Were in Hong Kong from 1921 to 2004
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index