Mary Emelia Moore

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Mary Emelia Moore

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Background

Mary Emelia Moore (1869–1951) was a Dunedin missionary working in China in a mission originally established in 1878. She was based in China for 51 years. Her mission was forced to close several times, but she returned to China where she and her colleague, opened a girls' boarding school that became an industrial training school for young women. Despite the political turmoil of the next 20 years, the number of women seeking education grew. She continued with the mission until 1932, when she retired at the age of 63. Once her regular mission ended, she continued her own refuge in Yichang, where she worked supporting women and children as well as the poor and disabled people. She was evacuated back to New Zealand between 1948 to 1950. Her donation of more than 100 articles from China laid the foundation of a Chinese collection at the Otago Museum.

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Female

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