Minnie Bere | |
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Born | 6 January 1875 India |
Died | 22 November 1910 Yichang, China | (aged 35)
Nationality | Scottish |
Education | Scotland |
Occupation(s) | Nurse, Medical Missionary |
Nurse Minnie A. Bere, D.C.S. (6 January 1875 - 22 November 1910) was a Scottish medical missionary. Bere was the first nurse to carry out foreign mission work for the Church of Scotland's Mission in the newly founded hospital in Yichang, China. She trained Chinese nurses in the hospital and assisted teaching in the local schools in Yichang. She documented her life in China through letters she sent to the Angus and Mearns Council of the Church of Scotland's Woman's Guild.