About Song Kye-wol
Lived 1910 – 1933 (aged 22–23). Song Kye-wol was a Korean revolutionary, writer and social activist.
Song Kyewŏl (; 10 December 1911 – 30 May 1933) was a Korean socialist, writer and feminist activist during the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
Biography Song was born and raised in Pukchong County. Described as "cheerful and passionate", she was the eldest of six children born to Song Ch'iok and Yi Sunhŭi.
There she led three school strikes while attending Keijō Women's Commercial School.
After graduation, she worked as a journalist for the New Women's Journal, and wrote extensively on the discrimination against women.
Then, in 1930, she led the Seoul Female Students' Independence Movement and was imprisoned in Seodaemun Prison.
Death She died of intestinal tuberculosis in her hometown on 30 May 1933.
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Who was Song Kye-wol?
Korean socialist and feminist activist
When was Song Kye-wol born?
Song Kye-wol was born in 1910 in Pukchong County.
When did Song Kye-wol die?
Song Kye-wol died on 30 May 1933.
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Song Kye-wol was a revolutionary, writer and social activist.
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Song Kye-wol was Korean.
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