American Edith Winifred Simester was born into a Methodist missionary family in China and attended Chinese schools, moving to the United States for college and graduate work. In 1930 she became a missionary and moved to Foochow (Fuzhou) in northern China, where she taught in a missionary school. After 1946 she took a missionary post in Brazil to be closer to the U.S. and her mother, who died in 1952.
From the description of Edith Winifred Simester papers, 1930-1952. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 67840510
From the description of Edith Winifred Simester papers [microform], 1930-1952. (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 229668670