Fang Jida ( zh, 方冀達, born 1912) was a Chinese lawyer and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the

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in 1948.

Biography

Fang was originally from Yin County in

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. She attended Ningfu Women's Normal School, but was expelled from participating in the student movement. She subsequently earned a law degree at

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Legislative Yuan and went on to become a member of the Shanghai Bar Association. Entering politics, she served as an alternate senator of the Shanghai Senate. In the 1948 elections to the Legislative Yuan, three seats were elected by the Bar Association and Fang was chosen as one of its representatives. Like much of the Republic of China government, she moved to

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, where she continued practicing as a lawyer until 1966 and became a member of the Taipei City Bar Association. She resigned from the Legislative Yuan in 1991.資深立委全數繳交退職表
CTS, 16 December 1991

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fang, Jida 1912 births 20th-century Chinese lawyers Members of the Kuomintang 20th-century Chinese women politicians Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Date of death unknown