About Zhang Guangren
Lived 1911 – 1993 (aged 81). Zhang Guangren was a Chinese politician.
Zhang Guangren (, 2 March 1911 – 10 January 1993) was a Chinese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
Biography Zhang was born in Tiemen in Xin'an County, Henan Province to Deng Shizhu and , a military leader. After earning a BA at Fudan University in Shanghai, she became headteacher of the Henan Private Songyue Middle School and head of Kaifeng Women's Vocational School. She also served as a director of the Henan branch of the Chinese Women's Culture and Education Association and was a member of the Chinese branch of the Pan Pacific and Southeast Asian Women's Association. In the 1948 parliamentary elections, Zhang was elected to the Legislative Yuan from Henan Province. She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War and died in 1993.
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Zhang Guangren was born on 2 March 1911 in Tiemen.
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