Shih Min-chi ( zh, 史敏濟, born September 1914) was a Chinese agriculture expert and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the

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in 1948.

Biography

Originally from

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Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

, Shih attended Zhixin high school and then studied at

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in Guanzhou and the

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College of Agriculture. She subsequently worked in the

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Central Agricultural Laboratory, the

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Research Institute and as a technician in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, eventually becoming a professor at Sun Yat-sen University. She also served as headteacher of Jianru Middle School and chair of Aiqun and Dafu primary schools.《國民政府公報》第423號 She became a member of the central committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry and served as executive director of Guangdong Provincial Farmers' Association. In the 1948 elections to the Legislative Yuan, 18 seats were elected by agricultural organisations, two of which were reserved for women. Shih was one of the two elected, becoming one of the first group of women in the Legislative Yuan. She subsequently relocated to

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during the

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References

{{reflist 1914 births Sun Yat-sen University alumni National University of Peking alumni Chinese civil servants Chinese women civil servants Academic staff of Sun Yat-sen University Members of the Kuomintang 20th-century Chinese women politicians Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Year of death missing