British Women missionaries found that girls in Taiwan did not have opportunities to go to school in the 19th century. They started to answer God’s call to establish a school for girls.
Tainan Mission Council women's mission committee started to prepare to establish a girls’ School in 1885, which was a revolution in old Chinese society. Miss Joan Stuart and Miss Annie E. Butler started this duty in late 1885, School started to call students in late 1886 and started to operate on 14 Feb. 1887.