[1] She felt that Christianity gave people wholeness of life and thus let them develop their potential as humans and search for higher spiritual ideals.

[6] In February 1925 Venable announced that she intended to resign, and through her influence the national committee agreed to appoint Ding as her successor as of 1 January 1926.

[1] In late 1927 the forceful secretary Lily Haass argued unsuccessfully with Ding over the direction of the YWCA industrial program.

[1] Ding took a furlough in 1935 and traveled in Europe, the United States and Japan, where she promoted peace and friendly relations between the Chinese and Japanese YWCAs.

[10] Ding returned, exhausted, early in 1936, after saying she planned to resign, but agreed to stay on while another Chinese secretary was made ready for the job.

Before she could take this position she was hospitalized with sepsis caused by a serious tooth infection, and died after a short interval in Shanghai on 27 July 1936.