Chou Min

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Chou Min
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–
ConstituencyHubei
Personal details
Born1900

Chou Min (Chinese: 周敏, born 1900) was a Chinese educator and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Biography[edit]

Born in 1900 and originally from Luotian County in Hubei province,[1] Chou attended National Peking Women's Normal University [zh] and subsequently worked as a teacher at Hebei Provincial Women's Normal School and National Central University.[2] She became headmistress of Hubei Provincial Women's Normal School and founded Hankou City No. 1 Girls' High School and Hubei Provincial No. 2 Girls' Normal School, serving as headmistress of both.[2]

Chou served for two terms in the Provisional Senate of Hubei and as a member of the provincial government. She was a Kuomintang candidate in Hubei province in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan and was elected to parliament.[2] She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan.

References[edit]

  1. ^ 中国国民党百年人物全书, volume 2, p1589
  2. ^ a b c 周敏 Legislative Yuan