During the Rape of Nanking, Indiana native Minnie Vautrin and the staff at her missionary college used a combination of diplomacy and deception to save more than 10,000 women and children from the wrath of the invading Japanese army.
(thanks to Ha Jin's novel Nanjing Requiem for this stunning revelation- in China she is still famous as The Goddess of Mercy, while in America she is all but unknown)
(thanks to Ha Jin's novel Nanjing Requiem for this stunning revelation- in China she is still famous as The Goddess of Mercy, while in America she is all but unknown)
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