The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969 : In Love With the Chinese

The Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong, 1921-1969: In Love with the Chinese describes the adaptation of American women to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from 1921 to 1969. The Maryknoll Sisters were the first American Catholic community of women founded for overseas missionary work, and were the first American Sisters in Hong Kong. Maryknollers were independent, outgoing, and joyful women who were highly educated, and acted in professional capacities as teachers, social workers, and medical personnel. The assertion of this book is that the mission provided Maryknollers what they had long desired--equal employment opportunities--which were only later emphasized in the women's liberation movement of the 1960s. This book describes the adaptation of American women to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from 1921 to 1969. The Maryknoll Sisters were first American Catholic community of women founded for overseas missionary work, and were the first American sisters in Hong Kong. Maryknollers were independent, outgoing, and joyful women who were highly educated, and acted in professional capacities as teachers, social workers and medical personnel. The assertion of this book is that the mission provided Maryknollers what they had long desired - equal emplyment opportunities - which were only later emphasized in the women's liberation movement of the 1960s. This book describes the adaptation of American women to cross-cultural situations in Hong Kong from 1921 to 1969. The Maryknoll Sisters were first American Catholic community of women founded for overseas missionary work, and were the first American sisters in Hong Kong. Maryknollers were independent, outgoing, and joyful women who were highly educated, and acted in professional capacities as teachers, social workers and medical personnel. The assertion of this book is that the mission provided Maryknollers what they had long desired - equal employment opportunities - which were only later emp Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-17 Early Arrival, 1921–1937....Pages 19-42 Difficult Years, 1937–1951....Pages 43-66 Extreme Poverty of the 1950s, King’s Park and Tung Tau Tsuen....Pages 67-88 Refugee Communities in the 1950s and Chai Wan....Pages 89-107 Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon Tsai, and Social Services in the 1960s....Pages 109-127 Kwun Tong and Chai Wan in the 1960s....Pages 129-147 Conclusion....Pages 149-162 Back Matter....Pages 163-214 By the beginning of the twenty-first century, the Maryknoll Sisters had been in Hong Kong for more than eighty years.