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.
Wang Hsiao-hua | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1948–1991 | |
| Constituency | Xing'an |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1922 |
| Died | 11 March 2005 (aged 82) |
Biography
editBorn in 1922 and originally from Yalu County 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 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.