Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman

Eliza Jane Gillett Bridgman (1805-1871) was one of the first American female missionaries to live and work in China. She arrived in Hong Kong in 1845 and that same year married Elijah Coleman Bridgman, the first American Protestant missionary in China. She was a teacher and educator. She founded schools for Chinese girls in Shanghai and Beijing, often with her own money. She died in Shanghai.