Mary Margaret Moninger
Mary Margaret Moninger | |
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Born | Iowa | September 23, 1892
Died | March 21, 1950 Marshalltown, Iowa | (aged 57)
Alma mater | Grinnell College |
Occupation | Presbyterian missionary |
Mary Margaret Moninger (1892–1950) was an American missionary.
Moninger was born near Marshalltown, Iowa on September 23, 1892.[1] As an undergraduate was a member of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. She received her Masters degree from Grinnell College in 1922.[2]
In 1915 Moninger began her missionary work in China under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. She served the Hainan province as a girls’ schools teacher and administrator in various locations for over twenty years. She also collected botanical specimens which she sent back to the United States and the Philippines.[3]
In 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Hainan province was invaded by the Japanese.[4] Movement by Moninger and her fellow missionaries was severely restricted and at times she was held under house arrest. In 1942 Moninger was sent back to the United States as part of an exchange of noncombatants.[3] She wrote about her experience in an essay entitled Internment and Repatriation from the United States View.[5] She settled back in Iowa.
Moninger died on March 21, 1950 in Marshalltown, Iowa.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Margaret Moninger papers". Archives West. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Guide to the Mary Margaret Moninger Papers". Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ a b Lodwick, Kathleen L. "Moninger, Mary Margaret". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001774. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Second Sino-Japanese War". Britannica. 4 July 2025. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ Moninger, Mary M. "Internment and Repatriation from the United States View". Presbyterian Historical Society. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "Miss Margaret Moninger". New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Lodwick, Kathleen Educating the women of Hainan: the career of Margaret Moninger in China, 1915-1942, University Press of Kentucky, 1994 ISBN 0813118824