Presbyterian missionary Mae Chapin was born in Toledo, Illinois, the daughter of Edward B. and Lucy Margaret Pierce Chapin. She graduated from the University of Illinois in 1908 and served as a missionary in Hainan, China, for 20 years, beginning in 1913. Chapin also worked as a missionary in the Philippines, serving as principal of a high school, before her return to the United States in 1941. The first woman to serve as elder in the Presbyterian Church in Champaign, Illinois, Chapin was active in the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church as well as in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
From the description of Papers of Mae Chapin, 1913-1962 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 421761599
