Zhang Qinqiu

Zhang Qinqiu
Zhang in the early 1960s
Traditional Chinese	張琴秋
Simplified Chinese	张琴秋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Qínqiū Wade–Giles Chang Ch'in-ch'iu

Zhang Qinqiu (Chinese: 张琴秋; November 15, 1904 – April 22, 1968) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, military commander, and politician. She was one of the first female members of the Chinese Communist Party, and one of the 28 Bolsheviks trained in Moscow. A high-ranking commander of the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Red Army during the Long March, she is often considered the only woman general of the Red Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, she served as Deputy Minister of Textile Industry. She was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and committed suicide in 1968.