Wu Chi-mei | |
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| Member of theLegislative Yuan | |
| In office 1948–1956 | |
| Constituency | Guangzhou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1898 |
| Died | 12 November 1956 |
Wu Chi-mei (Chinese:伍智梅, 1898 – 12 November 1956) was a Chinese physician and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to theLegislative Yuan in 1948.
Originally fromDoushan inGuangdong, Wu was the daughter ofWu Han-chi [zh], a politician and medical scientist.[1] In 1919 she established the Guangdong Women's Federation, which promoted equality of opportunity in education and employment and petitionedSun Yat-sen and the Guangdong Provincial Assembly to advance these causes. She attendedHackett Medical College [zh] and then worked as a researcher at theUniversity of Chicago School of Medicine after she was sent to the United States, Europe and Singapore by theGuangzhou municipal government to study public health.[2][1] A member of theKuomintang, she became a member of the executive committee of the Guangzhou branch of the party and Guangzhou city council.[2] She served on the party's central executive committee and was a member of the secondNational Political Assembly [zh]. She also served as acting head of the Advanced Midwifery School.[2]
Wu was a delegate to the 1946National Constituent Assembly that drew up theconstitution of the Republic of China.[2] She was subsequently a Kuomintang candidate inGuangzhou in the1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan and was elected to parliament.[2] She relocated toTaiwan during theChinese Civil War, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1956.[3]