Jessie Johnston was a young single missionary in Amoy for 18 years, and immediately after her death her family published a book about her life and work. Click Here to read the entire text of "Jin Ko-Niu--A Brief Sketch of the Life of Jessie M. Johnston For Eighteen Years W.M.A. Missionary in Amoy, China" (the title is almost longer than the book!), by her sisters Meta and Lena with a preface by her mother. (published by T. French Downie, London, 1907).
It's an interesting tale (though the Victorian language gets to me a bit), but I prize the little book because of the photos, which I've scanned and will upload as I get time. My favorite is entitled, "Sixty-five pupils in Amoy School who all became teachers." Missionary schools in Amoy (now Xiamen) played a very important role in the development of modern Chinese education--particularly education for women. Read more about Amoy's Pioneer Educators in "Discover Gulangyu's".
Speaking of pioneering education--our Xiamen University MBA Center gave out China's first MBA Degrees! (we beat Nankai University by 6 days; when I arrived in 1988, MBA was not popular, to say the least--creeping capitalist thinking and all that; now its the hottest subject in China).
Enjoy Amoy!
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