Chang Wei-chen explained

Office1:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term1:1948–1951
Constituency1:Jiangsu
Birth Date:3 June 1898
Death Date:March 1997

Chang Wei-chen (Chinese: 張維楨, 3 June 1898 – March 1997) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Biography

Born in 1898 and originally from Jiangsu province,[1] Chang graduated from the department of political science at the University of Shanghai. She then attended the University of Michigan in the United States on a Levi Barbour Oriental Girls' Scholarship,[2] graduating with an MA in 1927.[1] Returning to China, she served as a member of the from 1941 to 1948 and was director of the women's department of the .[1] She married Luo Jialun, a politician and diplomat.

In the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan, Chang was a candidate in Jiangsu province and was elected to parliament. She subsequently sat on the Economic and Resources Committee and the Legal Committee, and was the convener of the Foreign Affairs Committee.[3] She resigned from the Legislative Yuan in 1951.[4]

Notes and References

  1. China Yearbook, China Publishing Company, 1950, p733
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=VldOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA183 General Register
  3. https://lis.ly.gov.tw/lylegisc/lylegiskmout?F4E4BC8A2D376D6B7E6BCB2FF289E503724389136B56D6 張維楨
  4. 总统府公报 [''Presidential Palace Bulletin''] number 293, 3 May 1951