He Xiangning

He Xiangning
何香凝
He Xiangning as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries
Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office February 1956 – 1 September 1972
Chairman	Zhou Enlai
Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress
In office April 1959 – 1 September 1972
Chairman	Zhu De
Chairwoman of Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
In office August 1960 – 1 September 1972
Preceded by	Li Jishen
Succeeded by	Zhu Yunshan
Personal details
Born	27 June 1878 British Hong Kong
Died	1 September 1972(1972-09-01) (aged 94) Beijing
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
Spouse	Liao Zhongkai
Children	Liao Chengzhi
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He Xiangning (Chinese: 何香凝; Wade–Giles: Ho Hsiang-ning; 27 June 1878 – 1 September 1972) was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, politician, painter, and poet.^[1] Together with her husband Liao Zhongkai, she was one of the earliest members of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary movement Tongmenghui. As Minister for Women's Affairs in Sun's Nationalist government in Guangzhou (Canton), she advocated equal rights for women and organized China's first rally for International Women's Day in 1924. After her husband's assassination in 1925 and Chiang Kai-shek's persecution of the Communists in 1927, she stayed away from party politics for two decades, but actively worked to organize resistance against the Japanese invasion of China.

In 1948, she cofounded the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. She served in many high-ranking positions after the foundation of the People's Republic of China, including Vice Chairwoman of the CPPCC (1954–64), Vice Chairwoman of the National People's Congress (1959–72), Chairwoman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang (1960–72), and Honorary Chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation.

He Xiangning was a renowned painter of the Lingnan School of Chinese art and served as Chairwoman of the China Artists Association in the 1960s. The National He Xiangning Art Museum was opened in Shenzhen in 1997, and her paintings have been featured on Chinese stamps.