China Nurse

When Elisabeth Redelstein was small, she wanted to be a nun. But time and conversion to the Seventh-day Adventist church changed her dream. Instead of a habit, she wore a nurse's uniform. Instead of a German convent, she lived and worked on three continents, moving easily among the poor as well as the mighty.

This book recounts how Elisabeth took young people and turned them into well-trained nurses. The story of Shanghai, its streets thronged with pedestrians, bicycles, and coolies, and the...