Despite her poor health, in the spring of 1938 she raised funds from the Nanking Wartime Christian Relief Committee to give survivalist classes for the neediest refuges on campus.

尽管她自己的身体非虚弱，但她早在1938年春就从南京国际救济委员会获得一笔基金，为需要继续在难民所避难的妇女开办了许多培训生活技能的班级。