Chinese history in faces: the first female CCP member

Abstract

In the Soviet/Russian historical science, the personality of Miao Boying has not been fully researched, and the CCР's 100th anniversary gives all the reasons to light up her biography. Miao Boying (1898–1929) belongs to a generation of the Chinese youth who in the early 1920s after the Xinhai revolution under the influence of the “New Culture Movement” and the “May Fourth Movement” began the campaign for the renewal of the state, for the rejection of outdated traditions, related to women in particular. Before the formation of the CCP, she criticized moral and ethical principles of the old society, spoke about the importance of raising women's self-awareness and improving social rights and the system in general. Acquaintance to Marxism led her to the communist movement. She became the first female member of the Chinese Communist Party. Miao Boying was engaged in propaganda and agitation campaigns for the liberation of workers, male and female, both openly within Trade Union groups and illegally along the party line. She also used all the opportunities of the United Front of CCP and Kuomintang in practical work. In Beijing, Changsha, Wuhan and Shanghai she was always in the thick of revolutionary events, whether preparing petitions, speaking at rallies, organizing demonstrations or strikes, firmly following the path indicated by the CCP, demonstrating a sincere willingness to die for the cause of the party.

Keywords

• chinese history
• the ccp
• miao boying
• women’s liberation
• labor movement.