Wang Huiwu

Wang Huiwu (; May 189820 October 1993) was a social reformer, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) women's organizer (in the early years), as well as a proponent of women's emancipation. She ran the first Communist-sponsored journal which was written and edited mostly by women. Her husband was Li Da (1890–1966) one of the founders of CCP and a propagator of Marxist Philosophy.

Early life Wang was born in Jiaxing County, Zhejiang, China, At Hujun, she participated in student protests against the Paris Peace Conference. It was at Hujun while she became fluent in English that she imbibed the iconoclasm of the May Fourth Movement, which inspired her to spearhead the movement for women's emancipation. She and her husband who had a common interest in the women's emancipation (both were known as May Fourth intellectuals) and together published a number of articles on the subject during post-World War I period in popular periodicals. Wang established the Shanghai Commoners' (Pingmin) Girls' School in 1922, (which attracted Ding Ling, Qian Xijun, Wang Jianhong, and Wang Yizhi). She was the editor of Women's Voice (Funü Sheng; 妇女声), a bimonthly periodical; which pioneered writings on politics by women. She also strongly supported the movement for birth control in spite of much male opposition.

Death and legacy In her final years, Wang was described as "frail and sickly", a result of years of hard labour. A memorial in honour of Wang's contribution to the cause of women in China was established at Wuzhen, a World Heritage town, in northern Zhejiang Province.