Chi Nyok Wang Explained
| Chi Nyok Wang |
| Native Name: | 王季玉 |
| Other Names: | Wang Jiyu, Wang Chi-yueh |
| Birth Date: | 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Suzhou, China |
| Death Date: | 1967 |
| Occupation: | Educator, school principal |
| Relatives: | Chi Che Wang (sister) |
Chi Nyok Wang (王季玉) (1885–1967), also known as Wang Jiyu, was a Chinese educator, principal of the Tsunghua School for Girls (振華女學校) in Suzhou from 1926 to 1958. She was one of the first two Chinese students at Mount Holyoke College.
Early life and education
Wang was born in Suzhou, China, one of the five daughters of a government official father, Wang Songwie, and a social reformer mother, (王謝長達).[1] [2] Her sister, Chi Che Wang, attended Wellesley College and stayed in the United States to make a career as a biochemist.[3]
Wang attended Mount Holyoke College, as one of the school's first two Chinese students, alongside her classmate Yau Tsit Law. Law and Wang were officers of the school's small Chinese Students' Club.[4] She completed a bachelor's degree in 1916.[5]
In 1917, she earned a master's degree in botany at the University of Illinois,[6] with a thesis titled "Revegetation and Plant Succession along Salt Fork Creek". Her thesis advisor was plant ecologist Walter Byron McDougall.[7]
Career
From 1926 to 1958, Wang was principal of the Tsunghua School for Girls in Suzhou, a Christian school founded by her mother in 1906, though she was offered teaching and administrative positions at other prestigious Chinese institutions.[8] Her sisters Wang Jizhao and Wang Jichang also worked at the school. Boys sometimes attended the school, including anthropologist and sociologist Fei Xiaotong.[9]
In 1925 Wang attended the Conference on American Relations with China, held in Baltimore.[10] She was a member of the Institute of Pacific Relations when it met in Honolulu in 1925.[11] In 1949 she was again in the United States, to study at Teachers College, Columbia University and the University of Chicago.[12] [13]
Personal life
Wang died in 1967, in her eighties. Her school is now known as Suzhou No.10 Middle School.[14]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Tsunghua Girls' School. 2021-11-09. HuangQuest. en.
- Wang. Huibin. September 2020. Born to do science? A case study of family factors in the academic lives of the Chinese scientific elite. Cultures of Science. en. 3. 3. 186–196. 10.1177/2096608320960243. 225109663. 2096-6083. free.
- January 1914. Chinese Girls Reunited. Mission Studies. 7. 36.
- December 1915. Mount Holyoke. The Chinese Students' Monthly. 11. 137–138.
- Mount Holyoke College, Llamarada (1916 yearbook): 214.
- University of Illinois, Board of Trustees Minutes (1918): 364.
- Book: Wang, Chi Nyok. Revegetation and plant succession along Salt Fork Creek. 1917. Master's thesis, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
- Book: Who's who in China; biographies of Chinese leaders. 1936. Shanghai China Weekly Review. Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library - University of Toronto. 242–243. Internet Archive.
- Book: Arkush. R. David. Fei Xiaotong and Sociology in Revolutionary China. Harvard University Council on East Asian Studies. 1981. Harvard University Asia Center. 978-0-674-29815-6. 7. en.
- Book: American Relations with China: A Report of the Conference Held at Johns Hopkins University, September 17-20, 1925, with Supplementary Materials, and Arranged to be of Use to Discussion Groups, Current Events Clubs, and University Classes. 1925. Conference on American Relations with China. 190. en.
- Book: Conference, Institute of Pacific Relations. Institute of Pacific Relations, Honolulu Session, June 30-July 14, 1925: History, Organization, Proceedings, Discussions and Addresses. 1925. Institute. 38. en.
- Web site: Class Notes from Chi Nyok Wang, Class of 1916. live. 2021-11-09. Alumnae Association. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200627143056/https://alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/blog/class-notes-from-chi-nyok-wang-class-of-1916/ . 2020-06-27 .
- News: 1949-03-14. Chinese Teacher. 2. The Bangor Daily News. 2021-11-09. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Welcome to Suzhou Zhenhua Middle School-苏州市振华中学校. live. 2021-11-10. Suzhou Zhenhua Middle School. https://web.archive.org/web/20150113120114/http://www.suzhouzhenhua.com:80/Item/1396.aspx . 2015-01-13 .
