American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking: The Courage of Minnie Vautrin

"When the Japanese soldiers ordered Vautrin to leave the campus, she replied: "This is my home. I cannot leave." Facing down the bloodstained bayonets constantly waved in her face, Vautrin shielded the desperate Chinese who sought asylum behind the gates of the college. Vautrin exhausted herself defying the Japanese army and caring for the refugees after the siege ended in March 1938.".

Author(s): Hualing Hu
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 2000-03-29
Pages: 240
Categories: Biography & Autobiography