Wu Yi-Fang
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Dr. Wu Yi-Fang was one of the first women in China
to hold accredited Bachelor of Arts
degrees, and the first female university
president in China. Her Ginling College
graduating class was the first class of women to receive degrees after Emperor Guangxu of China approved education for women.
She attended Hangzhou Girls' School and Shanghai Qiming Girls' School, and started teaching in 1919 at Beijing Women's Higher Normal School. She earned her doctorate degree in Biology and Philosophy in 1928 after studying entymology at the University of Michigan
in the United States
. She returned to China in the same year and became the president of Ginling College
, and remained the president for 23 years.
Dr. Wu was one of only four women to sign the United Nations Charter
after attending the United Nations Conference in 1945.
China
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to hold accredited Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degrees, and the first female university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
president in China. Her Ginling College
Ginling College
Ginling College was a Christian university founded in 1913 in Nanjing, China...
graduating class was the first class of women to receive degrees after Emperor Guangxu of China approved education for women.
She attended Hangzhou Girls' School and Shanghai Qiming Girls' School, and started teaching in 1919 at Beijing Women's Higher Normal School. She earned her doctorate degree in Biology and Philosophy in 1928 after studying entymology at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
in the United States
United States
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. She returned to China in the same year and became the president of Ginling College
Ginling College
Ginling College was a Christian university founded in 1913 in Nanjing, China...
, and remained the president for 23 years.
Dr. Wu was one of only four women to sign the United Nations Charter
United Nations Charter
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the international organization called the United Nations. It was signed at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in San Francisco, United States, on 26 June 1945, by 50 of the 51 original member countries...
after attending the United Nations Conference in 1945.