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Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman (1805-1871) is hailed as a pioneer educational missionary in China.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/b/bridgman-eliza-jane-gillett.php )〕 Eliza was born in Derby Connecticut to Canfield and Hannah Gilett. Graduating at age sixteen, Gillett became an assistant teacher at the boarding school from which she graduated.〔 Eliza continued her career in education and was appointed principle at another boarding school at age twenty-two.〔 == Missionary Career in China == Gillett followed her childhood desire to be a missionary and was appointed as a missionary to China with the Protestant Episcopal Church on November 14, 1843.〔 Although the mission board was reluctant to appoint unmarried women, Gillet became one of three unmarried women to be appointed under the Protestant Episcopal Church's new China mission.〔 In 1844, Eliza sailed to China under the Protestant Episcopal Church with Rev. William Jones Boone .〔(【引用サイトリンク】) (1805-1871) Pioneer educational missionary in China">url=http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/a-c/bridgman-eliza-jane-gillett-1805-1871/ )〕 After arriving in Hong Kong, Eliza soon met Dr. Rev. Elijah Coleman Bridgman. Bridgman believed that Eliza was his answer to his prayer for a wife; he proposed and the two were married on June 28, 1845 in Colonial Chapel. After marrying, Eliza joined her husband and transferred her ministries to the Congregational Church 〔〔 Together, the Bridgmans began their missionary work together in Canton.〔〔〔 The couple adopted two small girls and moved to Shanghai where Eliza began the first Protestant girl’s school there.〔(【引用サイトリンク】) (1805-1871) Pioneer educational missionary in China">url=http://www.bu.edu/missiology/missionary-biography/a-c/bridgman-eliza-jane-gillett-1805-1871/ )〕 In 1862 Eliza was forced to take a furlough in the United States due to health concerns after her husband’s death, during which she was run over by a sled.〔〔 Eliza returned to Peking in 1864 where she opened up Bridgman Academy after obtaining substantial land. Bridgman Academy later became the Women's College of Yenching University and is credited with educating a large number of female Chinese leaders.〔 Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman is buried in Shanghai next to her husband Elijah Bridgman. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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