Episode 34- Women Revolutionaries

The Chinese Revolution

Chinese feminists and revolutionaries were active before and during China's 1911 Revolution. Qiu Jin wore men's clothing, was ahead of her time by writing in Standard Chinese instead of Classical Chinese and in making speeches to engage all ages in the struggle for women's rights and women's education. These women believed that women had to seek their own rights, rather than depend on men.

Wu Shuqing imagined and then created the Women's Revolutionary Army, which fought at Hankou and Nanjing during the 1911 Revolution.

Films and plays have been made about Qiu Jin. But more should be known about Wu Shuqing whose life after the revolution is not really known.

Women's rights and education have improved since then. And women have led the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Taiwan. But on the mainland, the Chinese Communist Party is currently run exclusively by 24 men and no women. Qiu might be disappointed.

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Image: "Tomb of Qiu Jin, 2022-07-30 02" by Siyuwj is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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