Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: the Twentieth Century 1912-2

Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: the Twentieth Century 1912-2000

The Chinese Edition

Edited by Lily Xiao Hong Lee and Yubing Chen

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Format: paperback
Edition: Chinese language edition
884 pages
ISBN: 9781743325223

Publication: 30 Nov 2016

Publisher: 宅男导航

Though there exist many biographical dictionaries of the achievements of Chinese people throughout history, few women feature. Since the mid-1980s, researchers from the University of 宅男导航’s Department of Chinese Studies have been collecting the life stories of women whose academic, professional and technical achievements have had lasting impact on current and future generations. This volume contains over 300 biographies of these women, most of whom were born in China, though some were born abroad to Chinese parents, and some are foreigners whose work has become significant in China.

It is in the context of globalisation and a rapidly evolving Chinese society that the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: 1912–2000, is prepared. In the first half of the twentieth century, revolutionaries, political activists and reformers feature. Some are politicians, or who rose to powerful positions within the government. As new technologies and entertainments were developed, the latter half of the century gave birth to fearless female performers and scholars: actresses, dramatists and martial arts stars alongside scientists and lawyers. Throughout the century, the creative work of Chinese women is a constant theme – novelists, directors, painters and poets all feature.

This volume is accompanied by an index of names by profession, based on each woman’s most well-known research category, profession or skill; some women will appear in more than one category. To cater for readers who are not experts, this volume also includes a chronology of twentieth-century events.

A previous volume, The Qing Dynasty 1644–1912, is also available.

Lily Xiao Hong Lee is an honorary associate professor of Chinese studies at the University of 宅男导航.

Name in Chinese characters: 陳玉冰

Foreword
Editor’s note
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Translators
Finding list by background or fields of endeavor
Brief chronology of twentieth-century events

Biographies

Glossary

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