History of Women in Asia

At both the theoretical and practical level, the relationship between women, gender, and international relations has become increasingly controversial in recent years. This collection of essays by twenty leading scholars and diplomatic practitioners from China, Hong Kong, the United States, and Great Britain crosses national, disciplinary, cultural, professional, and gender boundaries to approach this subject from a wide variety of comparative perspectives, designed to stimulate further debate and research. On the theoretical front, this volume explores the manner in which women and their contributions are represented within the discipline of International Relations; discusses whether women have unique contributions to make to both the academic study and the conduct of foreign affairs; and makes recommendations as to how women s concerns and viewpoints might be better incorporated into the field of international relations in both intellectual and practical terms. Moving to the level of practice, chapters on and by assorted women diplomats reflect on the official careers and foreign policy contributions of women including the first two US female secretaries of state and the first Asian American ambassador in both China and the United States. Several highlight the career handicaps women diplomats have faced in China, the United States, and Europe alike. A variety of historical and contemporary case studies, the majority of them dealing with foreign women living in China or Hong Kong, also focus on women in nontraditional diplomatic roles, as wives, missionaries, peace activists, reformers, teachers, businesswomen, and journalists. It is rare that the published record of a conference contributes to the design and definition of a new field of study, but that is the case with this remarkable volume of essays collected and edited by Priscilla Roberts and He Peiqun. Its very first chapter raises the central question: why we should focus on women/gender and IR. The rest of the volume proceeds to answer it brilliantly. There are essays on familiar aspects of the subject war war and peace but also on varieties of formal and informal diplomacy. A concluding section outlines future lines of inquiry. This indispensable collection will make it difficult, at the least, to imagine that it is possible to discuss international relations without also discussing gender.

Marilyn B. Young, Professor, Dept of History, New York University 1. The product of brilliant scholars from three continents, this book looks beyond the veil to tell us about the constructive roles that women play in international relations.

2. Bigots beware! 3. The lesson of this timely and brilliant Shanghai project is that women are beginning to shape our international community, and very possibly for the better. Rhodri Jeffreys Jones, Department of History, University of Edinburgh


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Contents

Introduction: Women and International Relations: A Historian’s View ..... 1
Priscilla Roberts
Part I: Gender, War, and Peace in International Relations
Chapter One............................................................................................... 34
Women/Gender and International Relations: An Overview
Rosemary Foot
Chapter Two.............................................................................................. 48
Man, the State, and Sovereignty: The Construction, Practice,
and Remaking of Sovereignty from a Feminist Standpoint
Qiu Fang
Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 67
Women’s International Organizations, the United Nations,
and International Relations
He Peiqun
Chapter Four.............................................................................................. 82
War and Peace from a Gender Perspective
Hu Chuanrong
Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 92
The American Woman’s Peace Party and Its Heritage
He Hui
Chapter Six.............................................................................................. 101
Women and Security Studies: Some Observations
Wu Chunsi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
vi
Part II: Women as Diplomats: The Public Sphere
Chapter Seven.......................................................................................... 104
Madeleine Albright and Condoleeza Rice: The Woman Question
and US Foreign Policy
Joan Hoff
Chapter Eight........................................................................................... 136
Women and Diplomacy
Julia Chang Bloch
Chapter Nine............................................................................................ 148
Women in a Changing World
Song Yimin
Chapter Ten ............................................................................................. 156
Tentative Reflections on Women’s Diplomatic Role and Position
Xia Yongfang
Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................ 160
Women, Marriage, and International Relations
Li Yingtao
Part III: Women and Informal Diplomacy
Chapter Twelve ....................................................................................... 178
The Song Sisters and British Diplomacy Toward China, 1915-1943
Chan Lau Kit-ching
Chapter Thirteen...................................................................................... 193
Clara Haslewood and the Children of Empire: Colonial Policy,
International Relations, and “Child Slavery” in Hong Kong
David M. Pomfret
Chapter Fourteen ..................................................................................... 201
Women Missionaries and Sino-British Relations, 1900-1949
Peter Cunich
BONDS ACROSS BORDERS: WOMEN, CHINA AND INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD
vii
Chapter Fifteen........................................................................................ 217
Jessie Boyd: Undocumented Participant in Sino-Canadian
International Relations, 1912-1947
Thomas A. Stanley
Chapter Sixteen ....................................................................................... 230
“This One Thing I Do”: A Single-Minded American in China
Norman G. Owen
Part IV: Looking Forward: Future Directions
Chapter Seventeen................................................................................... 240
Little Cause(s) for Celebration: American Women, “Domestic Policy,”
and International Relations
Gordon E. Slethaug
Chapter Eighteen ..................................................................................... 257
Perspectives on Women and Diplomacy: A View from Hong Kong
Staci Ford
Chapter Nineteen..................................................................................... 274
Gender and International Relations: Future Directions
Linda J. Yarr