Xia Jingru Explained

Office1:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term1:1948–1974
Constituency1:Tianjin
Birth Date:1893
Death Date:7 July 1974

Xia Jingru (Chinese: 夏景如, 1893 – 7 July 1974) was a Chinese educator and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Biography

Originally from in Shandong province, Xia attended Jinan University and Hebei Provincial Female Teachers College, where she graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature.[1] She became headmistress of Tianjin Private Shenggong Girls' High School and Tianjin Renai Nursing School and founded schools in Tianjin, Qingdao and Jinan.

Xia was a Kuomintang candidate in Tianjin in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan and was elected to parliament.[2] She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War and remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1974.[3]

Notes and References

  1. 第一届立法委员名鉴, 1991, p96
  2. https://lis.ly.gov.tw/lylegisc/lylegiskmout?A79397A053CBEBCCB9E329F2BC4C2F4ECD0D18C45BB25B 夏景如
  3. 总统府公报 [''Presidential Palace Bulletin''] number 2,763, 1 August 1974