Abstract
This paper examines the life and ministry of Dr. Kate C. Woodhull, the first female physician sent to China by the Woman’s Board of Missions, as a case study in women’s medical missions in late Qing China. Drawing on archival and published sources, it traces Woodhull’s medical training, her twenty-eight years of service in Fuzhou, and the integration of healthcare, education, and evangelism in her work. The study highlights both the cultural assumptions shaping her missionary outlook and her sustained advocacy for Chinese women, whom she trained as medical and Christian workers, leaving an institutional and social impact.
DOI
10.7252/Journal.02.2026F.08
Recommended Citation
Peters, Elaine B.
(2026)
"The Life and Ministry of Dr. Kate C. Woodhull,"
The Asbury Theological Journal:
Vol. 81:
No.
2, p. 534-556.
Available at:
https://place.asburyseminary.edu/asburyjournal/vol81/iss2/9
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