Title

Midwest China Oral History Interviews

Authors

Viola I. Fischer

Files

Description

Early Life: family background; education; called by Women's Board of Augustana Church as medical missionary, 1927.

China Experiences: trip from Peking to hospital in Hsuchang, Honan, after language school, 1931; living and working conditions in Hsuchang; memorable colleagues at Hsuchang; performing operations and common ailments treated at Hsuchang; the effects of the revival in Hsuchang; effects of the Japanese war on work at the hospital; work in Kunming after return to China in 1947; role of single women missionaries in China; response to the People's Republic of China.

Publication Date

1978

Publisher

Midwest China Center

City

Saint Paul

Keywords

hospital, Hsuchang, Japanese, Kunming, single women missionaries, People's Republic of China

Recommended Citation

Fischer, Viola I., "Midwest China Oral History Interviews" (1978). China Oral Histories. 31.
https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/china_histories/31