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"Harriet Smith was an exceptional young woman who astutely observed and reported on the turbulence of 1920s China while she meet her professional responsibilities of nursing the sick, educating young Chinese men and women in becoming nurses; maintained an active social life while seeking the love of her life. All brought to life in her letters home to family and friends.

Her observations are as pertinent today as when she wrote them. Harriet is arguably the wisest person I have ever been exposed."

3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings

"An amazing woman of her time. She was known as a Humanitarian, Activist, Journalist, Author, Leader and Provocateur. Anna Louise Stong was friend/confidant to Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Eleanor Roosevelt and numerous other famous and infamous.

Her travels spanned Chicago, New York, Moscow, Washington DC, Madrid, Spain, Beijing - Every significant venue of the first half of the 20th century. "