1. Donaldina Cameron was a New Zealand-born American Presbyterian missionary who was a pioneer in the fight against slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown, who helped more than 2,000 Chinese immigrant girls and women escape from forced prostitution or indentured servitude.
The youngest of seven children, Donaldina was born into a Scottish family that lived on a sheep farm in New Zealand.
Donaldina Cameron moved with her family to California when she was three and a half.
At the home, Donaldina Cameron met Margaret Culbertson and, in 1895, she became a sewing teacher there.
Together, Culbertson and Donaldina Cameron worked to rescue Chinese immigrants until Culbertson's death in 1897.
Two years after Culbertson's death in 1897, Donaldina Cameron became superintendent of the Presbyterian Home at the age of 27.
Donaldina Cameron once spent a night in a San Jose jail while seeking the release of a Chinese woman.
Donaldina Cameron was dubbed the "Angry Angel of Chinatown", which would later become the title for a biography.
Donaldina Cameron returned the night of the earthquake through the blazing city to retrieve a logbook that detailed her guardianship over the girls at the home, thus ensuring their safety from being forced back into servitude or prostitution.
Donaldina Cameron wrote extensively, seeking to gain financial support for her mission, in publications including Women and Missions and a pamphlet titled "The Yellow Slave Traffic".
Donaldina Cameron founded two homes for Chinese children, many of them orphans or the children of the rescued women.
Donaldina Cameron retired from her missionary work and the Presbyterian Home in 1934.
Donaldina Cameron is credited with saving and educating over 2,000 Chinese immigrant women and girls.
Donaldina Cameron died on January 4,1968, at the age of 98.