Minnie Bere

Minnie Bere
Born6 January 1875 (1875-01-06)
India
Died22 November 1910 (1910-11-23) (aged 35)
Yichang, China
NationalityScottish
EducationScotland
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.