Eastern counterpart

 中国妇女运动代表人物

       中国女性追求自由解放的历史悠久,道路坎坷,期间更是涌现出许多各行各业的优秀妇女代表。她们有的唤醒了广大妇女自我意识的觉醒,有的为争取妇女权益而奔走,有的成为出色的行业专家,现在就让我们一起来认识她们。

    He Xiangning

       何香凝(1878-1972),国民党领袖廖仲恺的革命伴侣。她是中国民主革命的先驱,妇女运动的领袖。1924年8月担任国民党中央妇女部长后,积极开展妇女运动,提出了“打倒帝国主义”、“保护妇女儿童”的口号,显示了中国劳动妇女的觉醒和力量。

    He Xiangning was one of the first modern female revolutionists. In her childhood, she objected to the custom of foot binding. She married Liao Zhongkai in 1897 and went to study in Japan with her husband. In 1903, she started to devote herself to revolutionary movement. She was selected as the Kuomintang Central Committee Women Minister in 1924. She called upon women to join the revolution and organized the Women League of All Circles, which worked to awaken feminist consciousness in China. 

    Soong May-ling

       宋美龄(1897-2003), 中华民国前第一夫人,中国国民党中央妇女工作委员会指导会议指导长。在国民政府倡导“新生活运动”,并成为第一位在美国国会发表演说的中国人。抗战期间,多次前往医院看望前线将士,成功地激起许多中国人民的爱国心。

    Soong May-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a First Lady of the Republic of China. In 1934, she initiated the New Life Movement and became actively engaged in Chinese politics. She became the first Chinese national and second woman to address both houses of the U.S. Congress in 1943. She raised large amounts of funding and support for the Republic of China while in America. She promoted patriotism during the War of Resistance and publicly stitched soldiers’ uniforms and visited those injured by war in person.    

    Lin Huiyin

    林徽因(1904-1955), 中国第一位女性建筑学家,中华人民共和国国徽和人民英雄纪念碑的设计者之一。三十年代初,与夫婿梁思成用现代科学方法研究中国古代建筑。她被胡适誉为中国一代才女,她的文学著作众多,其中代表作为《你是人间四月天》。

    Lin Huiyin was a noted 20th century writer and China’s first female architect. Born into a wealthy family, Ms. Lin received the best education a woman could obtain, studying both in Europe and America. Along with her husband Liang Sicheng, she joined in the design of the National Emblem of the People’s Republic of China and the Monument to the People’s Heroes located in Tiananmen Square.  Ms. Lin wrote poems, essays, short stories and plays. 

    Lin Qiaozhi

       林巧稚(1901-1983),医学家、中国妇产科学的主要开拓者之一。她是北京协和医院第一位中国籍妇产科主任及首届中国科学院惟一的女学部委员(院士)。林巧稚一生亲自接生了5万多婴儿,是中国现代妇产科学的奠基人之一。

    Lin Qiaozhi was born in Gulangyu on December 23, 1901. Her education and career focused on assisting women in childbirth. She was based at China’s premier medical school and hospital -- Peking Union Medical School in Beijing. In 1932, she visited Britain, Austria and the U.S to further study gynecology and obstetrics. After finishing her studies in 1948, she returned to Beijing and became the first woman in China to be appointed director of a hospital department of obstetrics and gynecology at her alma mater.