Description:Chapters: Soong Ching-Ling, Jody Sperling, Toni Jennings, Catherine Brewer Benson, Su-Lin Young, Soong Ai-Ling, Rebecca Caudill. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Soong Ch'ing-ling (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: S ng Q ngl ng; Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ing-ling) (27 January 1893 29 May 1981), also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the three Soong sisterswho, along with their husbands, were amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century. She was the Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China. She was the first non-royal woman to officially become head of state of China, acting as Co-Chairman of the Republic from 1968 until 1972. She again became head of state in 1981, briefly before her death, as President of China. Soong is sometimes regarded as Asia's first female non-monarchial head of state, although her title of Honorary President of the People's Republic of China was purely ceremonial. She was born to the wealthy businessman and missionary Charlie Soong in Nanshi (a part of present-day Huangpu District), Shanghai, attended McTyeire School for Girls in Shanghai, and graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, United States. Her Christian name was Rosamond (in her early years, she signed her letters as Rosamonde Soong). She married Sun Yat Sen in Japan on 25 October 1915; he had previously been married to Lu Muzhen. Ching-ling's parents greatly opposed the match, as Dr. Sun was 26 years her senior. After Sun's death in 1925, she was elected to the Kuomintang (KMT) Central Executive Committee in 1926. However, she exiled herself to Moscow after the expulsion of the Communists from the KMT in 1927. Soong reconciled with the KMT during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). She did not ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=204416We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wesleyan College Alumnae: Soong Ching-Ling, Jody Sperling, Toni Jennings, Catherine Brewer Benson, Su-Lin Young, Soong AI-Ling, Rebecca Caudill. To get started finding Wesleyan College Alumnae: Soong Ching-Ling, Jody Sperling, Toni Jennings, Catherine Brewer Benson, Su-Lin Young, Soong AI-Ling, Rebecca Caudill, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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Wesleyan College Alumnae: Soong Ching-Ling, Jody Sperling, Toni Jennings, Catherine Brewer Benson, Su-Lin Young, Soong AI-Ling, Rebecca Caudill
Description: Chapters: Soong Ching-Ling, Jody Sperling, Toni Jennings, Catherine Brewer Benson, Su-Lin Young, Soong Ai-Ling, Rebecca Caudill. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Soong Ch'ing-ling (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: S ng Q ngl ng; Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ing-ling) (27 January 1893 29 May 1981), also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the three Soong sisterswho, along with their husbands, were amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century. She was the Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China. She was the first non-royal woman to officially become head of state of China, acting as Co-Chairman of the Republic from 1968 until 1972. She again became head of state in 1981, briefly before her death, as President of China. Soong is sometimes regarded as Asia's first female non-monarchial head of state, although her title of Honorary President of the People's Republic of China was purely ceremonial. She was born to the wealthy businessman and missionary Charlie Soong in Nanshi (a part of present-day Huangpu District), Shanghai, attended McTyeire School for Girls in Shanghai, and graduated from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, United States. Her Christian name was Rosamond (in her early years, she signed her letters as Rosamonde Soong). She married Sun Yat Sen in Japan on 25 October 1915; he had previously been married to Lu Muzhen. Ching-ling's parents greatly opposed the match, as Dr. Sun was 26 years her senior. After Sun's death in 1925, she was elected to the Kuomintang (KMT) Central Executive Committee in 1926. However, she exiled herself to Moscow after the expulsion of the Communists from the KMT in 1927. Soong reconciled with the KMT during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). She did not ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=204416We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Wesleyan College Alumnae: Soong Ching-Ling, Jody Sperling, Toni Jennings, Catherine Brewer Benson, Su-Lin Young, Soong AI-Ling, Rebecca Caudill. To get started finding Wesleyan College Alumnae: Soong Ching-Ling, Jody Sperling, Toni Jennings, Catherine Brewer Benson, Su-Lin Young, Soong AI-Ling, Rebecca Caudill, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.