Wei Pei-lan
Wei Pei-lan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1948–1986 | |
| Constituency | Gansu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1911 |
| Died | 22 February 1986 |
Wei Pei-lan (Chinese: 魏佩蘭, 24 August 1911 – 22 February 1986) was a Chinese educator and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
Biography[edit]
Originally from Gangu County in Gansu province, Wei studied at Peking Normal University. She worked as a teacher and director of discipline at Lanzhou Girls' Normal School, before becoming headmistress of Gansu Pingliang Girls' Normal School.
She joined the Kuomintang and became a member of the executive committee of the Gansu provincial party, as well as chairing its women's committee.[1] She was appointed to the Gansu Provincial Senate and was a Kuomintang candidate in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan, in which she 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 1986.[2]
References[edit]
  | This article about a Chinese politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |