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Wang Chang-hui

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Wang Chang-hui
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–1991
ConstituencyWomen's Trade Unions
Personal details
Born4 October 1918
Nanjing, China

Wang Chang-hui (Chinese: 王長慧, born 4 October 1918) was a Chinese trade unionist and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Biography

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Wang was born in Nanjing in October 1918.[1] She was educated at Nanjing Zhongnan Middle School and Shanghai Liangjiang Women's Sports Teachers College, after which she attended National Chengchi University.[2] During the Second Sino-Japanese War she was a member of the Women's Mobilization Committee of the Ninth War Zone and chaired the Hubei Women's Anti-Enemy Association.[2] She moved to Hankou, where she became director of the Hankou Women's Association and a member of the Education Committee of Hankou Federation of Trade Unions.[2] She married Ting Yu-chuan, with whom she had three children.[1]

In the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan, Wang was elected to parliament as one of the women trade union representatives. She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until 1991. During her time in parliament she served as convener of the Transportation Committee.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Republic of China, United Pacific International, 1988, p480
  2. ^ a b c d 王長慧 Legislative Yuan