Sun Chi-hsu ( zh, 孫繼緒, 21 February 1897 – 28 January 1989) was a Chinese educator and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the

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in 1948.

Biography

Sun was born in 1897, the daughter of the politician . Originally from Penglai County in

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province, she was educated at Hubei Province Girls' Middle School, graduating in 1917. She then attended Peking National Women's Higher Normal School and graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature. She subsequently taught at Jiangsu No. 1 Girls' High School and became director of Nanjing Girls' High School. She also headed women's teachers schools in Hubei and Sichuan. In the 1948 elections she was elected to the Legislative Yuan from the Agriculture professional group.孫繼緒
Legislative Yuan She relocated to

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during the

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and remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1989.總統府公報 'Presidential Palace Bulletin''no. 5053, 20 February 1989

References

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