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PREFACE
This work would have not been completed without the help and support of numerous
institutions and individuals. I am very grateful for the financial support provided by a Chiang
Ching-kuo Foundation Fellowship, an Andrew Mellon Fellowship, U.S. Department of
Education Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships, a Rockefeller Archive Center grant, a
University of Pittsburgh Nationality Rooms Scholarship, a University of Pittsburgh History
Department C.Y. Hsu Fellowship, and grants from the University of Pittsburgh’s China Council,
Women’s Studies Program, and Asian Studies Center.
I would especially like to thank Zhang Haihui of the University of Pittsburgh East Asian
Library for facilitating research at home and abroad. I am grateful to the staff at the Rockefeller
Archive Center, especially Tom Rosenbaum; the Philadelphia College of Physicians; the Number
Two Archives in Nanjing; the Shanghai Municipal Archives; the Tianjin Municipal Archives; the
Beijing Municipal Archives; the Guangzhou Municipal Archives; the Guangdong Provincial
Archives; and the Guangzhou Cultural Library. I would also like to thank Zhongshan University
in Guangzhou, which housed me for a significant portion of my research.
Friends and colleagues have helped me in so many ways throughout this journey. Ted
Johnson, Diana Wood, Liu Shiyung, Elizabeth Remick, Michelle Renshaw, Stefani Pfeiffer,
Rebecca Clothey, Frayda Cohen, Vanessa Sterling, and Eric and Carol Lynne Barto all
graciously offered scholarly and emotional support. All of my friends in China who are not
named, you know who you are, and I thank you wholeheartedly. Finally, my gratitude goes to
Kelli Maloy for careful proofreading, though all mistakes are, of course, my own.
I have used the pinyin system of romanization throughout, except proper names in which
alternate spellings are common, such as Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen.
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