Helen Foster Snow was a remarkable woman born in 1907 in Cedar City, Utah, who lived in China during the 1930s. Helen was a talented journalist, an influential author, a lifelong humanitarian, and a bridge-builder between the United States and China. As a Utah native, her pioneer heritage had a substantial impact on her later major initiatives, among them the Industrial Cooperative (also known as Gung-Ho or INDUSCO), which saved lives and livelihoods in China, India, and other countries in Asia and around the world. This led to her two nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. She should be recognized for the Utah values of empathy, cooperation, integrity, and industry that she displayed in her work as a bridge-builder across cultures, ideologies, and borders.

Peter Chan, Adjunct Associate Professor for the Mckay School of Education at BYU, and Min Hu, doctoral student and Adjunct Instructor, also for the Mckay School of Education at BYU, will speak at this Global Women’s Studies Colloquium event.