Hidden women of history: Hsieh Hsüeh-hung, communist champion of Taiwanese self-determination
- Written by Antonia Finnane, Professor (honorary), University of Melbourne
Hsieh Hsüeh-hung and her partner in life and politics Yang K'o-huang in Beijing, 1949. Wikimedia Commons
In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages.
Every so often a woman takes up arms to lead a spirited struggle against invaders and occupiers of her homeland. Such women usually wind up dead at an early age, but they...