Tao Hsuan

Tao Xuan (, 1899–1972) was a Chinese educator and politician. She was one of the first group of three women appointed to the Legislative Yuan in 1928.

Biography Tao was born in Zhejiang province in 1899, originally from Taoyan in Shaoxing County. She attended the No. 1 Women's Normal School in Shanxi province, after which she enrolled in Chinese Language and Literature course at Peking Women's Normal University in 1917. In 1919 she transferred to the National Normal School for Women. Following the start of the May Fourth Movement, she was elected president of the Peking Federation of Women's Studies. In 1922 she was appointed headmistress of Peking No. 1 Girls' Middle School.

In 1928 she was appointed to the first Legislative Yuan, one of three women alongside Soong Mei-ling and Zheng Yuxiu. She was later appointed to the second and third legislatures, remaining in office until 1935.