 In the U. S. , a Chinese garden in Norfolk , Virginia , which contains a memorial to Minnie Vautrin , added a memorial dedicated to Chang , including her as the latest victim of the Nanking Massacre , and drawing parallels between Chang and Vautrin , who also took her own life . Vautrin exhausted herself trying to protect women and children during the Nanking Massacre and subsequently during the Japanese occupation of Nanjing , finally suffering a nervous breakdown in 1940 . She returned to the US for medical treatment , committing suicide a year later . 
