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Jean Ewen was born in [[Scotland]] in 1911, but immigrated with her family to [[Canada]] as a child. They settled in [[Saskatchewan]]. Jean studied nursing in [[Winnipeg]], graduating in 1931.<ref name="saskatoonlibrary1">{{cite web|url=http://spldatabase.saskatoonlibrary.ca/ics-wpd/exec/icswppro.dll?AC=SEE_ALSO&QF0=CLASSIFICATION&QI0==%22BIOGRAPHY%20-%20EWEN%2C%20JEAN%22&XC=/ics-wpd/exec/IcsWPPro.dll&BU=&TN=LHR_RAD&SN=AUTO25876&SE=444&RN=0&MR=20&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=2&XP=&RF=www_Default+Canned&EF=&DF=&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=4&ID=&MF=&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=0&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1 |title=Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher: 18 records |publisher=Spldatabase.saskatoonlibrary.ca |date= |accessdate=2014-06-30}}</ref> |
'''Jean Ewen''' was born in [[Scotland]] in 1911, but immigrated with her family to [[Canada]] as a child. They settled in [[Saskatchewan]]. Jean studied nursing in [[Winnipeg]], graduating in 1931.<ref name="saskatoonlibrary1">{{cite web|url=http://spldatabase.saskatoonlibrary.ca/ics-wpd/exec/icswppro.dll?AC=SEE_ALSO&QF0=CLASSIFICATION&QI0==%22BIOGRAPHY%20-%20EWEN%2C%20JEAN%22&XC=/ics-wpd/exec/IcsWPPro.dll&BU=&TN=LHR_RAD&SN=AUTO25876&SE=444&RN=0&MR=20&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=2&XP=&RF=www_Default+Canned&EF=&DF=&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=4&ID=&MF=&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=0&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1 |title=Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher: 18 records |publisher=Spldatabase.saskatoonlibrary.ca |date= |accessdate=2014-06-30}}</ref> |
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In 1932, Jean moved to China to work as a medical missionary with the [[Franciscan Fathers]], and learned [[Mandarin]]. Following a brief return to Canada in 1937, she accompanied Doctor Norman Bethune when he came to China to offer medical aid to the Communist forces, serving as his interpreter and assistant. |
In 1932, Jean moved to China to work as a medical missionary with the [[Franciscan Fathers]], and learned [[Mandarin]]. Following a brief return to Canada in 1937, she accompanied Doctor Norman Bethune when he came to China to offer medical aid to the Communist forces, serving as his interpreter and assistant. |
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Ewen came from a family of Communist supporters, but she was opposed to mixing politics and medicine. In her memoir "China Nurse 1932-1939",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.ca/China-Nurse-1932-1939-Jean-Ewen/dp/0771030924 |title=China Nurse 1932-1939: Jean Ewen: 9780771030925: Books |publisher=Amazon.ca |date= |accessdate=2014-06-30}}</ref>{{Spam link|date=June 2014}} she described the horrors of front line surgery during the Sino-Japanese war. In addition to nursing the wounded, she trained nurses and "barefoot doctors", and taught sanitation, for which the Chinese government awarded her the Silver Shield.<ref name="saskatoonlibrary1"/> Ewen eventually left China, travelling south to [[Hong Kong]], and returned to Canada. |
Ewen came from a family of Communist supporters, but she was opposed to mixing politics and medicine. In her memoir "China Nurse 1932-1939",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.ca/China-Nurse-1932-1939-Jean-Ewen/dp/0771030924 |title=China Nurse 1932-1939: Jean Ewen: 9780771030925: Books |publisher=Amazon.ca |date= |accessdate=2014-06-30}}</ref>{{Spam link|date=June 2014}} she described the horrors of front line surgery during the Sino-Japanese war. In addition to nursing the wounded, she trained nurses and "barefoot doctors", and taught sanitation, for which the Chinese government awarded her the Silver Shield.<ref name="saskatoonlibrary1"/> Ewen eventually left China, travelling south to [[Hong Kong]], and returned to Canada. |
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Jean Ewen was born in Scotland in 1911, but immigrated with her family to Canada as a child. They settled in Saskatchewan. Jean studied nursing in Winnipeg, graduating in 1931.[1]
In 1932, Jean moved to China to work as a medical missionary with the Franciscan Fathers, and learned Mandarin. Following a brief return to Canada in 1937, she accompanied Doctor Norman Bethune when he came to China to offer medical aid to the Communist forces, serving as his interpreter and assistant.
Ewen came from a family of Communist supporters, but she was opposed to mixing politics and medicine. In her memoir "China Nurse 1932-1939",[2][spam link?] she described the horrors of front line surgery during the Sino-Japanese war. In addition to nursing the wounded, she trained nurses and "barefoot doctors", and taught sanitation, for which the Chinese government awarded her the Silver Shield.[1] Ewen eventually left China, travelling south to Hong Kong, and returned to Canada.
Shortly after her return, she married John Kozar, who had been friends with her two brothers when they served in the Spanish Civil War. They had two children, Laura and Tom (though Laura was conceived while Jean was still in China, and was born just after John and Jean married).[3] Kozar was killed when his ship was sunk in 1942, and Jean subsequently married Mike Kovitch in 1946, and had a third child, Michael.
China Nurse, Jean's memoir, was published in 1981. In later editions, it was called Canadian Nurse in China. Jean Ewen died in 1987, and her ashes were returned to China in 1988.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher: 18 records". Spldatabase.saskatoonlibrary.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ^ "China Nurse 1932-1939: Jean Ewen: 9780771030925: Books". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ^ http://www.ufv.ca/jhb/Volume_9/Volume_9_Grypma.pdf
- ^ "CBC Digital Archives - 'Comrade' Bethune: A Controversial Hero - Norman Bethune: Nurse Jean Ewen dies, ashes sent to China". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
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