Legacy and Memorial Fundraiser
Memorial Fundraiser
Following the death of Grace Coppock, the students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln created a memorial fundraiser. The fundraiser collected the appropriate amount of money to fund the salary of an American secretary in China each year. The newspaper aticles from the Daily Nebraskan, Nebraska State Journal, and Lincoln Star below reveal the passion that University of Nebraska-Lincoln students had for her cause.
March 23, 1922
Daily Nebraskan
April 4, 1922
Daily Nebraskan
April 5, 1922
Daily Nebraskan
April 6, 1922
Daily Nebraskan
April 7, 1922
Daily Nebraskan
April 2, 1922
Lincoln Star
April 7, 1922
Lincoln Star
February 22, 1923
Daily Nebraskan
February 23, 1923
Daily Nebraskan
February 25, 1923
Lincoln Star
February 25, 1923
Nebraska State Journal
March, 1923
Daily Nebraskan
Recognition
Aside from the Memorial Fundraiser in her name, Grace Coppock was remembered in various ways. Margaret E. Burton affectionately dedicated her book, Notable Women of Modern China, to Grace Coppock. View the dedication on Project Gutenberg. The articles below describe activies of a middle-school girls' club in her name, an accolade from a distinguished collegue and scholar, and a later version of the fundraiser.