Liu Heng-ching
Liu Heng-ching | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1948–1979 | |
| Constituency | Nanjing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1900 |
| Died | 8 August 1979 (aged 79) |
Liu Heng-ching (Chinese: 劉蘅靜, 8 March 1900 – 8 August 1979) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
Biography
[edit]Originally from Panyu County, Liu graduated from Peking Normal Women's University, after which she carried out research at the Teacher's College of Columbia University in the United States.[1] Returning to China, she worked as headmistress of Jiangsu Provincial Nanjing Girls' High School and taught at Chongqing Private Rural Construction College.
Liu became a member of the Kuomintang and served on its central supervisory committee. In the 1948 elections to the Legislative Yuan, she ran as a Kuomintang candidate in Nanjing and was elected to parliament.[1] She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1979.