Ruby Sia
Ruby F. Sia (1884 – 1955) was a Chinese educator. She was the first Chinese individual graduate of Cornell College in Iowa, United States, a member of the class of 1910. Early life and education Sia was born in Foochow (Fuzhou), the daughter of Sia Heng-To, a Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ... minister and educator. Her uncle, Sia Sek Ong, was also a Methodist minister and educator. She first traveled to North America in 1900, and graduated from Methodist Church-affiliated Cornell College in 1910, and was the school's first Chinese graduate. Cornell awarded her an honorary master's degree in 1918, and an honorary doctorate in 1936.Maravetz, Steve"Cornell's First Chinese Graduate"''Cornell College News Center'' (June 26, 2017). She took courses Goucher Co ...
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