Liu Heng-ching ( zh, 劉蘅靜, 8 March 1900 – 8 August 1979) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the

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in 1948.

Biography

Originally from Panyu County, Liu graduated from , after which she carried out research at the

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in the United States. Returning to China, she worked as headmistress of Jiangsu Provincial Nanjing Girls' High School and taught at Chongqing Private Rural Construction College. Liu became a member of the

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and served on its central supervisory committee. In the 1948 elections to the Legislative Yuan, she ran as a Kuomintang candidate in

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and was elected to parliament.劉蘅靜
Legislative Yuan She relocated to Taiwan during the

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, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1979.

References

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