Nüduo 女鐸 (1912-1951) / cehua Ma Changlin, Wu Xiaoxin 策劃馬長林, 吳小新 ; zhengli Shanghai Shi dang'anguan 整理上海市檔案館.
Originally published: Shanghai 上海 : Guangxuehui 廣學會.
Articles mainly in Chinese with some in English; tables of contents also in English.
Original cover title also in English: The Woman’s Messenger – Nü To Pao.

"Nü Duo was published by the Christian Literature Society in Shanghai, which was a Christian missionary organization known for its efforts to spread Western scientific and cultural knowledge in China. Nü Duo was the first magazine for women published by the Christian Literature Society. Its contents include scientific knowledge, culture, literature, family and religion. Urban and educated women were its main readers. Nü Duo was in circulation between 1912 and 1951 with a total of 412 issues. .... in April 2006, a DVD-ROM publication agreement with Guangxi Normal University Press was established. In order to provide access to every item, staff members created 14,683 entries of catalogue style descriptions which cover all items in the entire journal. The search software .... was designed by Chen Ruohang and Qin Jingbo at the Guilin BBT Electronics Audiovisual Press.
Support from the Thomas Klitgaard Endowment and EDS-Stewart Endowment of the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the USF Center for the Pacific Rim and the Publication Fund at the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies." –- Editors' note.

"Nü Duo (A Woman’s Messenger), also known as Nü To Pao in its early years, was started as a monthly magazine by the Christian Literature Society for China in April 1912 and ceased publication in 1951. It’s founding editor was Mrs. Laura White, an American. Later editors included: Mrs. E.B. MacGillivray, Li Guanfang, Zhu Yimei, and Liu Meili. The main columns in the journal focused on household management, learning, family values, fiction, biographies, literature, current affairs and drama. Articles shared the following characteristics: First, writers presented Christian thoughts and ethics through explanations of fundamental Christian moral concepts, women’s responsibilities, and the relationship between Christianity and Chinese society. Secod, writers, drew special attention to the changing social status of women by introducing developments in related issues in Europe , the United States, and the Soviet Union. Women were encourged to be involved in professional careers so as to seek changes in their own destiny and to establish equal relationships between men and women. Third, the journal presented knowledge on science and household care, including basic medical information on child care with guidance on how to maintain a harmonious family and ideal companionship. Fourth, it maintained distinguished political attitudes during important historical periods towards such crucial events as the anti-Japanese war and the establishment of the People’s Republic......In 1947, its circulation reached 3,000 copies per issue. Scholars consider Nü Duo to be the first Chinese women’s publication by a commercial press in China." -- Introduction.

[N.B. This format is obsolete and no longer readable (Chinese Windows XP & coded dongle key)]

"This volume is a collection of almost 4,000 church-related works from the rare documents repository of the Shanghai Municipal Archives. These documents encompass the era from 1836-1963, with contents that touch upon the Roman Catholic Church, the Chinese Protestant Church, the China Branch of the Seventh Day Adventists, Chinese Christian youth associations and 32 other denominations and church-related organizations. Shanghai has historically been the city where the majority of Christian groups were established, and in the 70 year span beginning in 1879 until the founding of New China, the printing presses of Shanghai-area Catholic and Protestant organizations published a great variety of periodical literature, both locally and countrywide. Christian publishing organizations of a national character were likewise published in Shanghai, leaving as their legacy a large quantity of religious publications and printed materials."

"Among the source documents included in this compilation are those of various Christian groups from different time periods, who published periodicals in great variety, with similarly varied contents. The archives are not without rare books and unique volumes as well, including the inaugural editions of several rare periodicals. These sources provide a minute, highly detailed historical reflection of each church group’s organizational and structural development, including historical outlines, annual reports, yearbooks, records of important events, and centenary commemorative editions. In addition to these items, there are publications which reflect the attitudes of the religious community both prior to and the Sino-Japanese war and its aftermath, which are sources deserving of study. The contents of this volume total 3,785 entries, cataloged and compiled according to international bibliographic standards, and include detailed annotation and critical apparatus for Chinese and Western sources listed by title, author, publishing organization, publication date and other information. With an appended six-category index, this catalog will profitably assist the study of the history of religion, religious education, and Chinese-Western cultural history. This volume is a joint publication of the Shanghai Municipal Archives and the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History of the University of San Francisco."