Cai Chang was born in 1900 to a lower middle class family in China. Her mother left her husband, and enabled her children to attend school by selling her belongings. Cai believed strongly in women's education, and spurned the idea of marriage in favor of a vow of celibacy. Her mother aided her in this by avoiding an arranged marriage for Cai. Cai attended the Zhounan Girls' Middle School at Changsha until 1916. In the winter of 1917–1918, she became one of the first women to join the New People's Study Society, a work study program put in place by Mao Zedong and Cai's brother, Cai Hesen. This group advocated for women to create their own self-help groups and to become active in politics.[2]
In 1922, Cai married Li Fuchun, a prominent communist.[2]
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In 1921, Cai returned to China, where she studied to become a physical education teacher. She taught for four years at the Zhounan Girls' School, which she had attended several years earlier. During this time, she joined the Communist Party of China.[2]
Cai left her teaching job to work for the Central Women's Department in the Nationalist Party in 1925. Two years later, she joined the Central Women's Committee, leading it in Xiang Jingyu's absence. She helped to create the Marriage Decree of 1930, which declared that "free choice must be the basic principle of every marriage."[3] She also helped write the Provisional Constitution of 1931. From 1934 to 1935, she joined her husband Li Fuchun on the Long March.[2]
Cai was well known in China after 1949, where she led the All-China Women's Federation under the People's Republic of China. Part of her work in the ACWF included creating a strategy to help privileged women take a leading role in scientific and cultural improvements. This earned her criticism, however, as it supported the Communist Party of China's views that emphasized technological and economic improvement over women's liberation and advantaged only powerful women; it did not help lower-class women, but rather returned them to their pre-war roles.[2]
^ abcdefgRappaport, Helen (2001). "Cai Chang". Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, Inc. pp. 125–126. ISBN1-57607-581-8.
chang, confused, with, cheng, this, chinese, name, family, name, chinese, 蔡畅, pinyin, cài, chàng, efeo, 1900, september, 1990, chinese, politician, women, rights, activist, first, chair, china, women, federation, chinese, women, rights, organization, born, 190. Not to be confused with Cai Cheng In this Chinese name the family name is Cai Cai Chang Chinese 蔡畅 pinyin Cai Chang EFEO Ts ai Tch ang 14 May 1900 11 September 1990 1 2 was a Chinese politician and women s rights activist who was the first chair of the All China Women s Federation a Chinese women s rights organization Cai ChangBorn 1900 05 14 14 May 1900ChinaDied11 September 1990 1990 09 11 aged 90 NationalityChineseKnown forFirst leader of the All China Women s FederationPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaSpouseLi FuchunRelativesCai Hesen brother Xiang Jingyu sister in law Chinese nameTraditional Chinese蔡暢Simplified Chinese蔡畅Hanyu PinyinCai ChangWade GilesTsʻai4 Chʻang4 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 See also 4 ReferencesEarly life editCai Chang was born in 1900 to a lower middle class family in China Her mother left her husband and enabled her children to attend school by selling her belongings Cai believed strongly in women s education and spurned the idea of marriage in favor of a vow of celibacy Her mother aided her in this by avoiding an arranged marriage for Cai Cai attended the Zhounan Girls Middle School at Changsha until 1916 In the winter of 1917 1918 she became one of the first women to join the New People s Study Society a work study program put in place by Mao Zedong and Cai s brother Cai Hesen This group advocated for women to create their own self help groups and to become active in politics 2 Cai her mother Cai Hesen and Cai Hesen s future wife Xiang Jingyu went to Europe where Cai was a factory worker She studied anarchism Marxism and Leninism alongside other Chinese socialist feminist scholars including at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow 2 In 1922 Cai married Li Fuchun a prominent communist 2 Career editIn 1921 Cai returned to China where she studied to become a physical education teacher She taught for four years at the Zhounan Girls School which she had attended several years earlier During this time she joined the Communist Party of China 2 Cai left her teaching job to work for the Central Women s Department in the Nationalist Party in 1925 Two years later she joined the Central Women s Committee leading it in Xiang Jingyu s absence She helped to create the Marriage Decree of 1930 which declared that free choice must be the basic principle of every marriage 3 She also helped write the Provisional Constitution of 1931 From 1934 to 1935 she joined her husband Li Fuchun on the Long March 2 Cai was well known in China after 1949 where she led the All China Women s Federation under the People s Republic of China Part of her work in the ACWF included creating a strategy to help privileged women take a leading role in scientific and cultural improvements This earned her criticism however as it supported the Communist Party of China s views that emphasized technological and economic improvement over women s liberation and advantaged only powerful women it did not help lower class women but rather returned them to their pre war roles 2 See also editHistorical Museum of French Chinese FriendshipReferences edit 1990年9月11日 蔡畅因病在北京逝世 资料中心 中国共产党新闻网 cpc people com cn Retrieved 2018 11 19 a b c d e f g Rappaport Helen 2001 Cai Chang Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers Santa Barbara California ABC CLIO Inc pp 125 126 ISBN 1 57607 581 8 Decree Regarding Marriage www marxists org Maoist Documentation Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cai Chang amp oldid 1184054553, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
