McMillan, Mary

  1. McMillan, Mary
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1912 Nov. 26 Born, Pensacola, Fla. 1934 Graduated from Florida State College for Women with a degree in literature and history 1934 1937 Taught in Northwest Florida high schools 1939 Graduated from Scarritt College in Nashville with a Masters degree in Christian Education 1939 Aug. 31 Arrived in Japan 1941 Feb. 29 Forced to return to the United States 1942 Took courses in Japanese language at the University of California, Berkeley, and lived in the International House 1943 Taught at the Topaz Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah 1944 Graduated from the Nashville School of Social Work with a Masters in Social Science 1945 Served as a child welfare worker in Escambia County, Fla. 1947 Jan. 7 Became the first Protestant missionary to return to Hiroshima after World War II 1948 Jan. 19 Held the first service of the Ushita Christian Church in her home 1952 Dec. Mother died 1980 Named Professor Emerita at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College Named the sixth Special Honorary Citizen of Hiroshima 1980 May 26 Left Hiroshima for a six-month furlough prior to her official retirement 1980 Dec. 1 Officially retired from service 1984 Aug. Returned to Hiroshima as a special guest of the city and took part in the memorial ceremony at Peace Park 1991 July 19 Died in Lake Chautauqua, N.Y., at a missionary's conference

From the guide to the Mary McMillan Papers, 1936-1997 and undated (bulk 1952-1991), (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)
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