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'''Soong May-ling''' (1897-2003), usually called '''Madame Chiang Kai-shek''' in the U.S., was the wife of Chinese leader [[Chiang Kai-shek]], (1887-1975). They married in 1920 and he came to power in China as the leader of the Nationalist or [[Kuomintang]] (KMT) party in the late 1920s.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek was educated in the U.S., graduating from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and was an active Methodist. When she married Chiang in 1920, he converted to Christianity, and act that significantly helped the Christian movement in China. They had no children.
With her poise, her perfect English and her exotic charm, she campaigned endlessly to familiarize Americans with China. Christians who supported missionary work in China were especially attracted to her. She was often named by Americans as one of their ten "most admired" women in the world.
After the Nationalists were defeated by the Communists in 1949, she and her husband, along with the KMt government and army and many businessmen fled to Taiwan, where the KMT continued the [[Republic of China]]. When Chiang died in 1975, her stepson Chiang Ching-kuo became president.
==Bibliography==
* Li, Laura Tyson. ''Madame Chiang Kai-shek: China's Eternal First Lady'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Madame-Chiang-Kai-shek-Chinas-Eternal/dp/0802143229/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214082451&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
==External links==
*[http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1937.html ''Time'' magazine's "Man and Wife of the Year," 1937]
[[Category:China]]
Madame Chiang Kai-shek was educated in the U.S., graduating from Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and was an active Methodist. When she married Chiang in 1920, he converted to Christianity, and act that significantly helped the Christian movement in China. They had no children.
With her poise, her perfect English and her exotic charm, she campaigned endlessly to familiarize Americans with China. Christians who supported missionary work in China were especially attracted to her. She was often named by Americans as one of their ten "most admired" women in the world.
After the Nationalists were defeated by the Communists in 1949, she and her husband, along with the KMt government and army and many businessmen fled to Taiwan, where the KMT continued the [[Republic of China]]. When Chiang died in 1975, her stepson Chiang Ching-kuo became president.
==Bibliography==
* Li, Laura Tyson. ''Madame Chiang Kai-shek: China's Eternal First Lady'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Madame-Chiang-Kai-shek-Chinas-Eternal/dp/0802143229/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214082451&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
==External links==
*[http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1937.html ''Time'' magazine's "Man and Wife of the Year," 1937]
[[Category:China]]