Nguyen Thi Bac (1908–1943), also known as Co Bac, was a Vietnamese revolutionary fighter. She is one of the leaders of the Yen Bai mutiny.

Biography

She was born in 1908 in Tho Xuong Street in Lang Thuong (now

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, Bac Giang Province). Her parents are Nguyen Van Cao and Nguyen Thi Luu. Cao was involved in the movement of ''Đông Kinh Nghĩa Thục'' (

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), and was exiled to

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by the

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. Under the influence of her father, at the age of 18, she and her biological sister, Nguyen Thi Giang (

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), joined

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's ''Hội Quốc dân dục tài'', and later

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, working toward the goal of national independence. In the

Yên Bái mutiny The Yên Bái mutiny () or officially Yên Báy general uprising () was an uprising of Vietnamese soldiers in the Troupes coloniales, French colonial army on 10 February 1930. This took place in collaboration with civilian supporters who were mem ...

, she was assigned by the head of the Communist Party Nguyen Thai Giao to be in charge of propaganda, military logistics and delivery. It was she and other women who delivered bombs from Xuan Lung village ( Lam Thao district, Phu Tho province) to the train to Yen Bai to prepare for the February 1930 uprising. The Yen Bai insurrection was unsuccessful, and Cô Bắc and her comrades were arrested and sentenced to five years of probation on 28 March 1930 in Yen Bai. In 1936, she was freed, and with her husband Pham Quang Sau, who was also a member of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng, opened a shop named Bôvô in

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town to make contact with patriots. However, she died early in 1943, at the age of 35.

Legacy

Nowadays, many streets and schools in Vietnam are named after her.

References

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