Background
She was born in Kiukiang, Kiangsi, China in 1873.
She was born in Kiukiang, Kiangsi, China in 1873.
Miss Shih studied at the Methodist Girls' School in Kiukiang under Miss Gertrude Howe till she took her to Ann Arbor Michigan, U.S.A., where she entered the medical department of the University of Michigan in 1892. She graduated from the medical department of the University in 1896 and took postgraduate work in Chicago hospitals.
Mei-yueh Shih returned to Kiukiang to establish Danforth Memorial Hospital 1896 in conjunction with Dr. Ida Kahn. She was appointed superintendent of the Danforth Memorial Hospital in 1902-1920. In 1918, she received a Rockerfeller Foundation scholarship for postgraduate work in Johns Hopkins University Medical School and was there for one year's study.
Then Miss Shih came to Shanghai and founded the Bethel Hospital, of which she was again appointed superintendent since graduation, she went to the United States four times for travel and medical studies and also for church evangelistic itinerating.
