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Wang Hsiao-hua

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Wang Hsiao-hua
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–1991
ConstituencyXing'an
Personal details
Born29 June 1922
Died11 March 2005(2005-03-11) (aged 82)

Wang Hsiao-hua (Chinese: 王孝華, 29 June 1922 – 11 March 2005) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Biography

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Born in 1922 and originally from Yalu County [zh] in Xing'an Province (now part of Zalantun), Wang attended Heilongjiang Women's Normal School,[1] after which she went to Japan to study at Nara Advanced Teacher's College for Women.[2] She then worked as a researcher in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tokyo.[2] Returning to China, she became chair of the women's section of the Xing'an branch of the Kuomintang and served as a councillor in the Xing'an provincial government.[2]

Wang was a delegate to the 1946 Constituent National Assembly [zh] that drew up the constitution of the Republic of China.[2] In the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan, she was a Kuomintang candidate in Xing'an, and was elected to parliament.[2] She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War,

She died in March 2005.

References

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  1. ^ 中国国民党百年人物全书, Volume 1, p168
  2. ^ a b c d e 王孝華 Legislative Yuan