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Thumbnail of poster of family eating at a table
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The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954

Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.

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Protect the Great Results of the Cultural Revolution, 1974

Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.

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Studying for the mother country, 1986

Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.

Florence Farmborough
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Short Teaching Module: Florence Farmborough and the Russian Front, 1914-1918

Farmborough’s diary works well because it divides easily into short segments and is not difficult to understand because it uses modern language. Farmborough was an English nurse working on the Russian front.

Florence Farmborough
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Florence Farmborough’s Journal

Florence Farmborough was an English nurse working on the Russian front during World War I. Her diary contains many descriptive, lively accounts of the war and the very active role played by women, both in the traditional role as caretakers of the wounded, but also as fighters.

Article addressing Chinese culture and the benefits of Christian influences.
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Missionary Journal, Chinese Culture

This article was published in a missionary journal printed in the cities of Fuzhou and Shanghai. The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal operated between 1868 and 1912. It was read by English-speakers living in the major cities of China as well as abroad.

Article addressing Protestant women's roles for converting Chinese women.
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Women’s Work for Woman

This article was published in a missionary journal printed in the cities of Fuzhou and Shanghai. The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal operated between 1868 and 1912. It was read by English-speakers living in the major cities of China as well as abroad. In this paper, Mrs.

Protestant-written article on missionary work in China
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Schools for the Education of Chinese Girls

This article was published in a Protestant missionary journal based in Canton that operated from 1832 until 1851. Its readership included both the foreigners living in Canton and home religious communities in Britain and the United States.

Thumbnail image of black and white photograph Northern Chinese woman with foot binding.
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Foot Binding

This photograph presents a very different vision of foot binding from that depicted by Western observers in the 19th century.

Journal entry and response to article on Chinese Women's physical appearances
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Missionary Journal, Foot Binding 3

This article and corresponding letter were both written in response to J. Dudgeon’s piece, “The Small Feet of Chinese Women,” The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal 2 (1869): 93-96. This journal was printed in the cities of Fuzhou and Shanghai between 1868 and 1912.