Huang Peilan (Chinese: 黃佩蘭, 1908 – 1 November 1962) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
Huang Peilan | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1948–1962 | |
| Constituency | Guangdong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1908 |
| Died | 1 November 1962 |
Biography edit
Huang was born 1908 and was originally from Dongguan in Guangdong province.[1] She attended Beiping University and subsequently worked for the government, serving as secretary of the Kuomintang's women's committee and head girls' primary and middle schools in Nanjing.[2] She became a member of the Women's Advisory Committee, becoming head of its Life Guidance division.[2]
Huang was a delegate to the 1946 Constituent National Assembly that drew up the constitution of the Republic of China. She was a member of the Guangdong provincial Senate and contested the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan as a Kuomintang candidate in Guangdong, winning a seat in parliament.[3] She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1962.[4]
References edit
- ^ 辛亥以来人物年里录, 1994, p914
- ^ a b Helen M. Schneider (2012) "Mobilising Women: The Women's Advisory Council, Resistance and Reconstruction during China's War with Japan" European Journal of East Asian Studies, volume 11, number 2, pp213–216
- ^ 黃佩蘭 Legislative Yuan
- ^ 总统府公报 [Presidential Palace Bulletin] number 1,388, 27 November 1962