Henrietta Hall Shuck [SEP] sex or gender
Henrietta Hall Shuck
Henrietta Hall Shuck (28 October 1817 – 27 November 1844) was the first American female missionary to China and the first Western woman to live in Hong Kong.
Early and family life.
Henrietta was born in Kilmarnock, Virginia to Colonel Addison Hall (1797–1871) and his wife. At 13 she was sent to a girls' school in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She was baptised at a camp meeting sponsored by Morattico Baptist Church at age 14.
After moving to Richmond, Virginia upon the
Henrietta Shuck Memorial Chapel in Shiu Hing Field. Her former house, however, was torn down in 1957 to make way for an auto-repair business.
See also.
- Henrietta Secondary School, a secondary school in Hong Kong named after Henrietta Hall Shuck