Cheng Yizhi Explained

Office1:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term1:1948–
Constituency1:Universities
Birth Date:1902
Birth Place:Xiangcheng County, China
Death Date:14 April 1997

Chen Yizhi (Chinese: 程毅志, 1902 – 14 April 1997)[1] was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Biography

Chen was born in Xiangcheng County in Henan Province in 1903. She attended, where she graduated from the Department of Education. She subsequently taught at the university's high school, where she later became headmistress. She also worked as a professor at the and the National School of Oriental Language and Literature, and as an inspector for the Department of Education of Peking municipality and Hebei Province.[2]

As part of the 1948 parliamentary elections, five members were elected to the Legislative Yuan to represent universities, with Chen one of the five elected. She subsequently relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War.

Notes and References

  1. Hu Jianguo (2003) 近代華人生卒簡歷表, p342
  2. 中華民國當代名人錄 [''Who's Who in the Republic of China''], Zhonghua Book Company, 1978, p403