Harriet Newell Noyes
Harriet Newell Noyes | |
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Presbyterian Church of the United States | |
Known for | missionary who founded a school |
Harriet Newell Noyes (
Biography
Noyes was born on March 5, 1844, in Guilford, Ohio. Her father, Varnum Noyes (1804 - 1888) was a Presbyterian minister. She was her parents sixth child[2] and one of three of the children who were Chinese missionaries. She was named for Harriet Newell who was a famous missionary.[3]
In January 1868, the
In 1919, Noyes published A Light in the Land of Sinim: Forty-Five Years in the True Light Seminary, 1872–1917.[4]
Noyes returned to the United States in May 1923 when she received a letter from Eugene Chen, the secretary to Sun Yat-sen, thanking her for helping with the education of 6,000 pupils at the "True Light" Seminary.[5]
Legacy
She is credited with establishing the first generation of professional women of that province. Women who were educated during her 50 years at the school went on to become 286 teachers, 114 doctors, and more than 30 nurses.[1] Her book, titled History of the South China Mission of the American Presbyterian Church, 1845–1920, was published posthumously in 1927.[6]
In 1949, the
The school that remained in Bai He Dong was taken over by the Chinese Communist Party, which renamed it the Number 22 Middle School during the Cultural Revolution. As of 2012, the school is called the Guangzhou True Light Middle School and Harriet Newell Noyes is credited as its founder.[7]
Sources
- ^ a b c Cheng, Eileen. "Harriet Newell Noyes: Foreign Pioneer of Women's Education in Guangdong". WomenOfChina.com. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ a b c 那夏理:创办真光学堂的洋女子 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine [Noyes: Founder of the True Light Academy], retrieved 1 April 2015
- ^ Covell, Ralph R. "Margaret Newell Noyes". Bio Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Noyes, Harriett Newell (1919). A Light in the Land of Sinim: Forty-Five Years in the True Light Seminary, 1872-1917.
- The College of Wooster.
- ^ Noyes, Harriet Newell (1927). History of the South China Mission of the American Presbyterian Church, 1845-1920. Presbyterian Mission Press.
- ^ "Guangzhou True Light High School". teach-in-china.net. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2015.