Jennie V. Hughes

Jennie V. Hughes
A portrait of two women. The Chinese woman, Shi Meiyu, is standing and wearing a printed silk top; the white woman, Jennie V. Hughes, is seated with her hands in her lap; she is wearing a black dress with a white front. Both women have their hair dressed up off their necks.
Shi Meiyu and Jennie V. Hughes, from the frontispiece of their book Chinese Heart-Throbs (1920)
Born
Jennie Van Name Hughes

March 9, 1873
Woodstown, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 29, 1951
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationChristian missionary in China

Jennie V. Hughes (胡遵理; March 9, 1873 – November 29, 1951) was an American Methodist missionary in China. She co-founded the Bethel Mission in Shanghai with Chinese doctor Shi Meiyu (Mary Stone).