Английская Википедия:Esther E. Baldwin
Шаблон:Infobox writer Esther E. Baldwin (Шаблон:Nee, Jerman; pen name, Mrs. S. L. Baldwin; November 8, 1840 – February 26, 1910) was an American missionary, teacher, translator, writer, and editor of the long nineteenth century. Known as "Chinese Champion", she understood the religious and political problems of China, and the Chinese people, as perhaps no other woman in this country did at that time. She labored constantly to bring about a better understanding between the two nations.Шаблон:Sfn Baldwin served as president of the New York Woman's Missionary Society for two decades.
Early life and education
Esther E. Jerman was born in Marlton, New Jersey, November 8, 1840. Her father, the Rev. Mathias Jerman, was for many years a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.Шаблон:Sfn In her youth, Esther was frail, sensitive and studious. She became a Christian at the age of ten, and united with the church of her parents.Шаблон:Sfn
Her first schooling was received at home. She also received instruction in public schools and at a private school in Salem, New Jersey, followed by a full course in Pennington Seminary, New Jersey. She was graduated from that institution in 1859,Шаблон:Sfn or 1860,Шаблон:Sfn taking the highest honors.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
In 1860, she became a teacher of higher mathematics, Latin and French in a seminary in Virginia. At the beginning of the Civil War her sympathies were with the North, and she resigned her position and returned home.Шаблон:Sfn
In the summer of 1861, she met the Rev. Stephen Livingstone Baldwin, of the Fuzhou Mission, then at home on furlough, and in April, 1862, they were married, and sailed for China the following June, arriving in November, after five months at sea.Шаблон:Sfn Besides her domestic responsibilities, she was soon entrusted with the supervision of several day schools and of a class of Bible women who were sent out to read the Bible to their country-women. In her thoughtful survey of the condition of woman and childhood in China, quickened by her personal observation and experience, she became deeply impressed with the need of educated Christian woman physicians. She saw that through this means, access and confidence could be gained and the way opened for missionary work. She was the first to ask for a medical woman to be sent to China. When the hospital for women and children was opened in Fuzhou, the first for such a purpose founded in that empire, she gave it her attention. For several years, she translated the Berean Lessons into the Chinese language for the use of the Methodist Mission and of the American Board. For two years, she edited in the same language the Youth's Illustrated Paper. She saw the missions grow from small beginnings into strong churches.Шаблон:Sfn
After eighteen years of this work, she became gravely ill, and her physician declared that a change of climate and entire rest were essential to recovery. The American pulpit was freely open to Dr. Baldwin, and his pastonal services were eagerly sought. For some years, he was the recording secretary of the Board of Missions of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Baldwin's health was largely restored since her return to the U.S. where she was extensively employed in the interests of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, being president for two decades of the New York branch of that society in the Methodist Episcopal Church;Шаблон:Sfn of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; in lectures on various subjects; and in many charities. She was an ardent advocate of the equality of women with men, both in the State and in the Church.Шаблон:Sfn
The "Chinese question" in all its aspects had her sympathies. The misrepresentation and abuse of the Chinese kindled her indignation. She was called to speak before large audiences in many places on the "Chinese question" and contributed numerous articles on the subject to various city papers. She carefully collected and forcibly stated both the laws and the facts bearing on the subject, and published them in a volume entitled Must the Chinese Go? which had three editions. She won the distinction of being the "Chinese Champion."Шаблон:Sfn
Baldwin was one of the ablest debaters of the Methodist Episcopal Church.Шаблон:Sfn She spoke at Chautauqua in the early 1880s.Шаблон:Sfn
Personal life
Baldwin was the mother of seven children, six of whom were born in Fuzhou, and two of whom died there.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She died suddenly at the family home in Brooklyn, New York, February 26, 1910.Шаблон:Sfn
Selected works
- The Chinese Question: By the One Who Has Found a Home in China for Nearly 20 Years, and Claims to Know the People, 1882
- Must the Chinese Go?: An Examination of the Chinese Question, 1886
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