| − | Although she was not herself an official missionary she served on the ''Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions'' until forced out by the actions of [[John Gresham Machen]]<ref name=Hart>Hart, D. G. "Christianity, Modern Liberalism, and J. Gresham Machen." ''[[Modern Age]]'' 1997 39(3): 234-245.</ref> She wrote many stories that illustrate the lives, efforts, failures and achievements of some missionaries. Several of her books, especially ''The Exile,'' ''Fighting Angel'', ''Pavilion of Women'', ''Kinfolk'', and ''Peony'' helped Western readers reconsider Christian missions and understand why they never reached more than 1% of the Chinese people. | + | Although she was not herself an official missionary she served on the ''Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions'' until forced out by the actions of [[John Gresham Machen]].<ref name=Hart>Hart, D. G. "Christianity, Modern Liberalism, and J. Gresham Machen." ''[[Modern Age]]'' 1997 39(3): 234-245.</ref> She wrote many stories that illustrate the lives, efforts, failures and achievements of some missionaries. Several of her books, especially ''The Exile,'' ''Fighting Angel'', ''Pavilion of Women'', ''Kinfolk'', and ''Peony'' helped Western readers reconsider Christian missions and understand why they never reached more than 1% of the Chinese people. |
| | In 1936 she divorced her missionary husband of 17 years, John Lossing Buck, and married her publisher, Richard Walsh on the same day. | | In 1936 she divorced her missionary husband of 17 years, John Lossing Buck, and married her publisher, Richard Walsh on the same day. |