Chang Ping-chiang ( zh, 張平江, 1902 – 21 January 1975) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

in 1948. Remaining in China after the

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, she later served as a delegate to the

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Biography

Originally from in

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

province, Chang attended Yuechi County Girls' High School and then Chengdu No. 1 Women's Normal School and Peking Women's Higher Normal School, where she was elected chair of the Student Self-Government Association. A member of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

, she became the head of women's affairs in the Shanghai branch of the party. She also became personal secretary to

Soong Ching Ling Soong Ch'ing-ling (27 January 1893 – 29 May 1981), Christian name Rosamonde or Rosamond, was a Chinese political figure. She was the wife of Sun Yat-sen, therefore known by Madame Sun Yat-sen and the "''Father of the Nation, Mother of Mode ...

, the wife of Kuomintang leader

Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...

and served as headmistress of Shanghai Huiping Middle School. Returning to Sichuan, Chang became chair of the provincial Women's Movement Committee of the Kuomintang and headmistress of Guang'an County Girls' Middle School. She was appointed to the Sichuan Province Provisional Senate and in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan, was elected as a women's representative of trade unions. After being elected, she sat on the Education and Culture, Labour and Political and Local Autonomy committees.張平江
Legislative Yuan She remained in China after the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...

and became a member of the Sichuan Provincial committee of the

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. In 1964–65 she was a delegate to the

3rd National People's Congress The 3rd National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1964 to 1975. It held only one session in the ten years due to the disruption caused by the ongoing Cultural Revolution launched by Chairman Mao Zedong after 1966. Seat distribution ...

. She died in 1975.

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1902 births 20th-century Chinese educators 20th-century Chinese women politicians Members of the Kuomintang Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan Delegates to the 3rd National People's Congress 1975 deaths {{China-politician-stub