Chen Yizhi ( zh, 程毅志, 1902 – 14 April 1997) 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

Chen was born in Xiangcheng County in

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in 1903. She attended , where she graduated from the Department of Education. She subsequently taught at the university's high school, where she later became headmistress. She also worked as a professor at the and the National School of Oriental Language and Literature, and as an inspector for the Department of Education of Peking municipality and

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.中華民國當代名人錄 'Who's Who in the Republic of China'' Zhonghua Book Company, 1978, p403 As part of the 1948 parliamentary elections, five members were elected to the

to represent universities, with Chen one of the five elected. She subsequently relocated to

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during the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Yizhi 1902 births Chinese schoolteachers 20th-century Chinese educators 20th-century Chinese women politicians Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan 1997 deaths