Grace Louise Bauer
Grace Louise Bauer (January 20, 1896 – July 29, 1976, Chinese: 格蕾丝·鲍尔, 鲍恩典) is an American medical missionary of Churches of Christ. She supported the operation of Drum Tower Hospital during the Nanjing Massacre.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Bauer was born on January 20, 1896, in Baltimore, Maryland. She undertook medical training as a laboratory technician at Howard A. Kelly Hospital in Baltimore, where she was employed for three years. In 1919, she conferred with Dr. John Elias Williams, vice president of the University of Nanking and a staff member at Drum Tower Hospital, to deliberate on prospects for medical missionary endeavors funded by the Churches of Christ.[3]
Subsequently, in 1919, Bauer journeyed to Nanjing, where she commenced her tenure at Drum Tower Hospital. She was assigned the responsibility of educating local laboratory workers and supervising the hospital's laboratory department. Alongside her medical duties, she assumed administrative and instructional roles at Drum Tower Church. During the harsh occupation of Nanjing by Japanese forces, Bauer facilitated the continued operation of Drum Tower Hospital by overseeing its finances and supporting general hospital functions. During the Nanjing Massacre, she procured and allocated sustenance to both hospitalized and displaced civilians.[4][5][6]
Bauer stayed in Nanjing until October 1941, when she returned to the United States. She recommenced her position as a laboratory technician at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore until her retirement. Grace Bauer died on July 29, 1976.[7][8]
References
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- ^ Lu, Suping (2004-11-01). They Were in Nanjing: The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by American and British Nationals. Hong Kong University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-962-209-685-1. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
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- ^ 海外南京大屠杀史料集 (in Chinese). 南京出版社. 2007. p. 357. ISBN 978-7-80718-323-5. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ 南京大屠杀史料集: 东京审判 (in Chinese). 江苏人民出版社. 2005. p. 658. ISBN 978-7-214-04025-1. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ Sheng, Zhang (2021-11-08). The Rape of Nanking: A Historical Study. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 453. ISBN 978-3-11-065278-9. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ Lu, Suping (2019-12-06). The 1937 – 1938 Nanjing Atrocities. Springer Nature. p. 267. ISBN 978-981-13-9656-4. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ Wroth, Lawrence Counselman (1937). The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine: Published in the Interest of the University and the Alumni. Johns Hopkins Alumni Association. p. 62. Retrieved 2025-04-22.