Xia Jingru
Xia Jingru | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1948–1974 | |
| Constituency | Tianjin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1893 |
| Died | 7 July 1974 |
Xia Jingru (Chinese: 夏景如, 1893 – 7 July 1974) was a Chinese educator and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
Biography[edit]
Originally from Shouguang County in Shandong province, Xia attended Jinan University and Hebei Provincial Female Teachers College, where she graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature.[1][2] She became headmistress of Tianjin Private Shenggong Girls' High School and Tianjin Renai Nursing School and founded schools in Tianjin, Qingdao and Jinan.[2]
Xia was a Kuomintang candidate in Tianjin in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan and was elected to parliament.[2] She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War and remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1974.[3]