# Beulah Woolston

> Beulah Woolston (1828-1886) was a pioneering American missionary teacher in China. She was born in New Jersey and, together with her sister Sarah Hayes Woolston, dedicated more than two decades to educational work in Fuzhou, China. Through their affiliation with the Ladies' China Society, the sisters founded and supervised a boarding school for girls, established teacher training programs, and opened additional day schools in the region. They were also active in literary work, preparing and translating textbooks and editing a Chinese-language children's newspaper. Over the course of their careers, they helped train many Chinese women and girls, and became the first missionaries sent out by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Woolston returned to the U.S. for health reasons in the 1880s and died there in 1886.

*American missionary teacher, school founder, translator, editor (1828-1886)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1828-08-03
- **Died:** 1886-10-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Beulah Woolston (1828-1886) was a pioneering American missionary teacher in China. She was born in New Jersey and, together with her sister Sarah Hayes Woolston, dedicated more than two decades to educational work in Fuzhou, China. Through their affiliation with the Ladies' China Society, the sisters founded and supervised a boarding school for girls, established teacher training programs, and opened additional day schools in the region. They were also active in literary work, preparing and translating textbooks and editing a Chinese-language children's newspaper. Over the course of their careers, they helped train many Chinese women and girls, and became the first missionaries sent out by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Woolston returned to the U.S. for health reasons in the 1880s and died there in 1886.

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