Nien-tz’u Chou (Nancy) Bennett (1940)
Nien-tz’u Chou Bennett (May 1915 - July 1995) was born in Beijing, China, and received her Bachelor’s degree from Yenching University and a Master’s degree from Wellesley College in 1940. She was the daughter of Chou Kuo-hsien, a Chinese consul general, and the granddaughter of Liang Chi’i-chi’ao, an influential statesman known for introducing western political thoughts to China. n In 1946, when Nien-tz’u and her husband, Josiah W. Bennett, a Foreign Service officer and a minister counselor for political affairs, traveled to places like Nanking and Taipei for job purposes, she was able to spread Chinese culture by teaching Chinese at the minister of Foreign services and did volunteer work at an adoption agency and rescue committee. Nien-tz’u was also a speaker at the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church and the House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she addressed China’s need for political assistance.