Fitzwilliam, Jennie.

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Missionary; born Jennie Eliza Kingston, 1903; graduated from Moody Bible Institute, 1925; served as missionary in China with China Inland Mission, 1926-1945; evacuated to Shanghai due to political unrest, 1927; worked among the Lisu and the Atsi Kachin tribes; was reassigned to work in Chefoo School due to intensified Japanese activity; placed under house arrest by Japanese (1941) and transferred to Weihsein internment camp (1943); repatriated to the U.S., 1943; worked at Wheaton College, 1945-1952, 1957-1969; served as Dean of Women at Philadelphia Bible Institute, 1952-19569; married Francis Julius Fitzwilliam (1927) who died in 1940; had one son, Francis John.

From the description of Papers of Jennie Fitzwilliam, 1926-1985. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 30767871

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associatedWith Fraser, J. Outram, 1886-1938. person
associatedWith Kuhn, Isobel. person
associatedWith Kuhn, John. person
associatedWith Moody Bible Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Overseas Missionary Fellowship. corporateBody
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Place Name Admin Code Country
China
Subject
Boarding schools
Children of missionaries
Children of missionaries
Chinese language
Christianity and culture
Christian life
Church discipline
Church finance
Church management
Evangelistic work
Kachin (Asian people)
Kachin language
Language in missionary work
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
Lisu (Southeast Asian people)
Missionaries
Missionaries, Resignation of
Missions
Rural missions
Sex role
Translating and interpreting
Tribes
Women
Women in missionary work
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Active 1926

Active 1985

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