What They are Doing for China What. are Chinese women of the present generation doing for China? Women of other nations are making significant contributions to the political, social and economic development of their countries. Are Chinese women showing the same aptitude for public service in this modern life of China?
_Among the first of the proffes-sions to be adopted by Chinese women was the practice of medicine. Women to-day occupy a place of equality with the men in the China Medical Association. A leading figure among these women doctors is Dr. Mary Stone. Though trained in the United States, she is yet a true Chinese, living in China, full of energy and of seemingly endless vitality to do her part to help the needs of humanity through her profession. Yet ther efforts are not confined to the practice of medicine. With her younger sister, Dr. Phebe Stona, she has founded and directs Bethel Institute, which includes a kindergarten, a schoo] for boys and girls, a church and hospital, be sides a school for nurses.
Other names stand out in the medical profession. Dr. Ida Kahn of Nanchang is known far beyond China. She was a member of an international conference of women physicians held in New York City in 1919. Dr. Tseo of Kiukiang is one off the best of women surgeons. Canton with its several women's medical colleges, has many women who hold the M.D. degree.
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