American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking

American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking
First edition cover of American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking
AuthorHua-ling Hu
LanguageEnglish
SubjectNanjing Massacre
GenreBiography
PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press
Publication date
December 2000
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages232 pp (first edition)
ISBN0-8093-2386-9
OCLC41355746

American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking: The Courage of Minnie Vautrin is a biographical book about American missionary Minnie Vautrin and her experience of the Nanjing Massacre in 1937–1938. Written by historian Hua-ling Hu and published in 2000, the book recounts how Vautrin saved thousands of lives of women and children during the Nanjing Massacre. A notable source for the book were the diaries that Vautrin kept during the massacre; these were discovered by author Iris Chang during the research for her book The Rape of Nanking.