Chen Mingxian ( zh, 陳明仙, 1903–1983) 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.

Biography

Born in 1903, Chen graduated from Guiyang Women's Normal University, after which she worked for the Guizhou Investigation and Statistics Office 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 ...

. During the 1930s she became chair of the Guizhou Provincial Women's Movement and director of its publication ''Guizhou Women''. In the 1948 parliamentary elections she was elected to the

from a reserved seat for women in

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. Her membership of the legislature was cancelled in 1951 after she failed to attend the fourth session.Presidential Palace Bulletin 310 She became a librarian in the Guizhou Provincial Museum of Literature and History in 1980 and died three years later.

References

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