Moore, Mary Emelia (1869–1951)

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Moore, Mary Emelia (1869–1951)

New Zealand missionary. Born Mar 7, 1869, at Dunedin, New Zealand; died May 17, 1951, at Dunedin; dau. of Charles Moore (saddler) and Mary (Stewart) Moore; University of Otago, BA, 1893.

Sent by Church of Scotland to establish mission in Ichang (Yichang) district on Yangtze Kiang (Chang Yangtze) River, in China (1897) which she ran until 1932; opened girls' boarding school in Ichang (c. 1900); established own refuge at Ichang, where she helped poor and disabled women and children and helped establish prisoners' aid society (1932–38); because of Japanese invasion, was forced to evacuate to New Zealand until 1940, when she returned to China and retired at Ching Tu; evacuated to India, then to Scotland, and finally to New Zealand (1950).

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).

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