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Xia Jingru

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Xia Jingru
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–1974
ConstituencyTianjin
Personal details
Born1893
Died7 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

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Originally from Shouguang County [zh] 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]

References

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  1. ^ 第一届立法委员名鉴, 1991, p96
  2. ^ a b c 夏景如 Legislative Yuan
  3. ^ 总统府公报 [Presidential Palace Bulletin] number 2,763, 1 August 1974