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 1940   Graduation from Ewha High School, Seoul
 1942~1944   Graduation from Ewha Women¡¯s College, Seoul
 1950 B.A.   College of Education, Seoul National University
 1954~1956   Sociology major, Lambuth College, Jackson, Tennessee
 1958 M.A.   Scarritt College, Nashville, Tennessee

 1944 ~ 1945   Supervisor, Young Women¡¯s Training Center of Sapgyo Primary School, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
 1952. 11 ~ 1953   Managing Director, Research Institute for Women¡¯s Issues
 1958, 63, 65   Lecturer, Department of Social Work, Ewha Women¡¯s University
 1959 ~ 1962   Secretary General, National YWCA of Korea
 1961 ~ 1970   Board Member, Korean National Council of Women
 1964 ~ 1970   President, Research Institute for Women¡¯s Issues, Korea
 1964 ~ 1982   Resident Commissioner, National YWCA of Korea
 1968 ~ 1972   Vice-president, Korea Chapter, Pan-Pacific Southeast Asia Women¡¯s Association (PPSEAWA)
 1993 ~ 1998   Chairperson, Mission for Togetherness
 1994 ~ 1997   Board Member, The Kim Dae-jung Peace Foundation for the Asia-Pacific Region, Seoul
 1998 ~ 2002   Honorary President, Friends of Love
 1998 ~   present Honorary Chairperson, National Sport Festival for the Disabled
 1998 ~   present Honorary Chairperson, Community Chest of Korea
 1999 ¡­   present Honorary President, Korea Support Committee for International Vaccine Institute (IVI)
 1999 ¡­   present Honorary Chairperson, Habitat for Humanity Korea
 1999 ¡­   present Honorary President, Korean Cancer Society
 1999 ¡­   present Honorary Chairperson, ¡°Visit Korea Year¡± Promotion Committee
 2001 ¡­   present Honorary President, The Sejong Center Sponsor Organization
 2001 ¡­   present Honorary Chairperson of the Board of Directors, The Education Foundation for Koreans Abroad

 1940. 3   Religion Prize of Ewha Girls¡¯ High School, Seoul
 1983. 2   Valiant Woman Award from Church Women United of the United States, NY
 1983. 5   Tower Award of Scarritt Colleg, Nashville, TN
 1983. 5   Honorary Citizenship, Nashville, TN
 1984. 2   1984 Human Rights Award of North American Coalition for Human Rights in Korea, Washington, DC
 1987. 9   Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Northeastern University, Boston, MA
 1987. 9   Excellent Woman of the Year from California State
 1988. 5   Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Washburn University, Topeka, Kan
 1989. 9   Model Teacher Citation from General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, United Methodist Church
 1994. 11   The 5th World Holy Spirit Service Award from the World Holy Spirit Service Club
 1996. 10   Professor Emeritus, Tianjin University, People¡¯s Republic of China
 1997. 6   Honorary Doctorate of Religious Education from Coral Ridge Baptist University, Jacksonville, Fla
 1998. 2   Grand Order of Mugunghwa, Republic of Korea
 1998. 4   Honorary Doctorate of Education from Aoyama Gakuin University, Kokyo, Japan
 1998. 5   May 1998 Ewha Emblem, highest honor from Ewha Girls¡¯ High School
 1998. 5   Honorary doctorate of Philosophy from Ewha Women¡¯s University
 1999. 10   Honorary Doctorate of Literature from Dong-A University, Korea
 2000. 1   International Social Welfare Prize of University of Southern California
 2000. 2   Speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast, US Congress and the International Diplomatic Luncheon
 2000. 9    Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Drew University, Madison, NJ
 2000. 10   Distinguished Alumni Award from Seoul National University
 2001. 1   Woman of Year 2000 Award from Pearl S. Buck International
 2002. 5   Outstanding Leadership in Peace and Justice Award from the Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN
 2002. 5   Award for Moral Leadership from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
 2007. 4   Honorary Doctorate Degree in Social Welfare Awarded by Dongshin University

My Love, My Country
(trans. by Rhee Tong-chin), 1997, LA, University of Southern California
Praying for Tomorrow
(trans. by Rhee Tong-chin and ed. by George Oakley Totten¥²), 2000, LA, University of Southern California