Lu Yun-chang

Lu Yun-chang (Chinese: 呂雲章, 14 September 1891 – 19 June 1974) was a Chinese politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Lu Yun-chang
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–1974
ConstituencyShandong
Personal details
Born14 September 1891
Nanchang County, China
Died19 June 1974(1974-06-19) (aged 82)
Taipei, Taiwan

Biography

Lu was born in Nanchang County in Jiangxi Province to a family from the village of Liugong in Fushan County in Shandong Province. She attended Peking Normal Women's University, graduating from the Department of Chinese Literature.[1] She subsequently worked as an education inspector in Hebei and Anhui provinces, as headteacher of a girls' school in Tong County in Hebei and as director at Beijing Normal University.[1]

In the 1948 elections to the Legislative Yuan, she ran as a Kuomintang candidate in Shandong 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 1974.

References
  1. 呂雲章 Legislative Yuan
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