Nannie B. Gaines

Nannie B. Gaines
A white woman with dark hair in an updo
Nannie B. Gaines, from a 1919 publication
Born
Ann Elizabeth Gaines

April 23, 1860
Union County, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedFebruary 26, 1932 (age 71)
Hiroshima, Japan
Other namesNannie Bett Gaines
Occupation(s)Missionary, educator
Known forPrincipal of Hiroshima Jogakuin

Nannie B. Gaines (April 23, 1860 – February 26, 1932) was an American missionary teacher in Japan. She was head of Hiroshima Jogakuin, a Methodist girls' school in Hiroshima, for 45 years, beginning in 1887.