Kan En Vong
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Born1899 (age 126–127)
Hangzhou
OthernamesKan Eng Vong, Grace Kan, Grace Sweet
Occupationeducator
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| Born | 1899 (age 126–127) Hangzhou |
| Other names | Kan Eng Vong, Grace Kan, Grace Sweet |
| Occupation | educator |
Kan En Vong (born 1899), also known as Grace Kan or Grace Sweet, was a Chinese kindergarten educator.
Kan was a little girl in Hangzhou when she joined the household of American Baptist missionaries Rev. and Mrs. William S. Sweet; it was said that she was sold by her biological father, an opium addict.[1] Later the Rev. A. E. Harris of Philadelphia was described as her foster father.[2]
Kan En Vong graduated from high school and trained as a kindergarten teacher under American missionary teacher Helen Rawlings in Hangzhou.[1][3] Kan later attended Oberlin College in the United States,[4] to study music and education.[5] She graduated from Oberlin in 1922.[6]
