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Korea in the Early Twentieth Century as Seen by Western Missionaries in Gwangju

Narrative

Among the foreign missionaries who lived in Gwangju, several wrote of their experiences, which provide a glimpse into life in Gwangju, and Korea more broadly, at the time. Ella Graham (1889-1930) wrote Two Decades in the Hermit Kingdom (unpublished, 1907-1927). Paul Sacket Crane (1989-1919) wrote The Women of Korea (1918). Anabel Major Nisbet (1869-1920) wrote Day In and Day Out in Korea (1919). Lois Hawks Swinehart (1869-1971) wrote Jane in the Orient (1924), Sarangie: A Child of Chosen (1926), Korea Calls!: A Story of the Eastern Mission Field (1929), and a biography of her fellow missionary, the esteemed nurse Elisabeth J. Shepping (1880-1934) (1937). And Maria Dodson (1998-1972) wrote Half a Lifetime in Korea (1952). In particular, The Women of Korea and Sarangie: A Child of Chosen provide insight into the lives of girls and women at the time.

Resources

type	resource	title	description/caption	URL
자료	Internet Archive	The Women of Korea (PDF)		https://archive.org/details/womenofkorea00cran
자료	Internet Archive	Day In and Day Out in Korea (PDF)		https://archive.org/details/dayindayoutinkor00nisb
자료	The home page of Brother Anthony of Taize An Sonjae	Sarangie: A Child of Chosen (PDF)		http://anthony.sogang.ac.kr/PDF/Sarangie.pdf

Story Map

• Missionary Legacy: Western Christianity’s Transformation of Gwangju
  • As Seen Through Landmarks: The Influence of Western Missionaries in the Early Japanese Colonial Period
  • The Western Missionaries Laid to Rest in Gwangju: Yangnim-dong Missionary Cemetery
  • The Introduction of Western Residential Housing: Missionary Wilson’s House
  • Gone Too Soon in a Foreign Land: Missionary Children Who Passed Away in Gwangju
  • The Bell Family
  • The Nightingale of Korea: Elisabeth Johanna Shepping and the History of Nursing in Korea
  • Korea in the Early Twentieth Century as Seen by Western Missionaries in Gwangju