Editor's Note

Abstract

The present issue contains further materials on modern Chinese women. The first two parts deal with some fundamental aspirations and goals of the women's movement in modern China. As evidenced by these seven articles, the desire for personal freedom and for equality with men has frequently been subordinated to the national needs of China. The emancipation of women was taken as essential not so much for the fulfillment of inalienable rights as for the practical and immediate utilization of the energies of half of the population. The political aspects of the Chinese women's movement can also be seen in the fact that many leading Chinese feminists were prominent in the political arena. Madame Sun is well known. Ts'ai Ch'ang, one of the earliest women Communists in China, has been a member of the Central Committee of the CCP since 1928. Li Te-ch'üan, the widow of General Feng Yü-hsiang, was minister of public health and president of the Red Cross Society for many years.