Old photos of Jinling Women’s University from 1915-1941

The earliest female college students in China – old photos of Jinling Women’s University during the Republic of China

In 1911, the American Presbyterian Church, the American Israeli American Church, the Baptist Church and other organizations proposed to establish a women’s university in the Yangtze River basin. In 1913, Jinling Women’s University was set up in Xiuhua Lane, southeast of Mochou Lake, Nanjing. In 1915, the school officially opened. The first president, Laurence Thurston. The picture shows the first group of female students and teachers in the garden of Jinling Women’s University in 1915

中国最早的女大学生-民国期间金陵女子大学老照片。