Sigourney Trask

She is remembered as being the first woman physician at Fuzhou, China sent by the Methodist Episcopal Church missionaries.

Her mother died while Trask was young, and thereafter, she was raised by her paternal grandparents, who resided in Youngsville, Pennsylvania.

In January 1875, the mission asked for US$5,000 to build a hospital and residence for Trask, which was appropriated by the General Executive Committee the following May.

Her student during this time was a local Fuzhounese girl named Hü King Eng, who Trask saw much promise in.

She wrote to her colleagues at the Woman's Mission in Philadelphia, who made arrangements for Hü to receive her medical education in the US.