Wei Pei-lan

Wei Pei-lan (Chinese: 魏佩蘭, 24 August 1911 – 22 February 1986) was a Chinese educator and politician. She was among the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Wei Pei-lan
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–1986
ConstituencyGansu
Personal details
Born24 August 1911
Died22 February 1986

Biography

Originally from Gangu County in Gansu province, Wei studied at Peking Normal University. She worked as a teacher and director of discipline at Lanzhou Girls' Normal School, before becoming headmistress of Gansu Pingliang Girls' Normal School.

She joined the Kuomintang and became a member of the executive committee of the Gansu provincial party, as well as chairing its women's committee.[1] She was appointed to the Gansu Provincial Senate and was a Kuomintang candidate in the 1948 elections for the Legislative Yuan, in which she was elected to parliament.[1] She relocated to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War, where she remained a member of the Legislative Yuan until her death in 1986.[2]

References
  1. 魏佩蘭 Legislative Yuan
  2. 总统府公报 [Presidential Palace Bulletin] number 4,582, 11 March 1986
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