Tiuⁿ Chhang-Miâ (Minnie Mackay 1860?-1925)

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(74 69 65 1)>Explore the overlooked life of Tiun Chhang-miâ the Taiwanese woman behind the nineteenth century's most accomplished missionary George Leslie Mackay.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(74 69 65 1)>Tiun Chhang-miâ (1860?-1925) a Fujian-Taiwanese girl also known as Minnie Mackay was a key figure in nineteenth century Canadian-Taiwanese relations and the first local woman to marry a Christian missionary George Leslie Mackay. This biography tracks Tiun's history from being a child bride to a heroine devoted to education for women and the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(74 69 65 1)>Mark Dodge</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(74 69 65 1)> delves into how Taiwanese lives were torn between harsh predicaments and the example Tiun set as an imagined ideal of new womanhood in contested colonial space. The complex legacy left by Tiun continues for better or worse to be felt in Taiwan and elsewhere while that island nation fights for its own identity and existential rights during the twenty-first century.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(74 69 65 1)>A tale of resilience this book is suitable reading for students of Taiwan Asian Studies Taiwanese history the history of Christianity and missions Asian women's history Gender Studies Religious Studies and Colonial Studies.</span></p>