| Edition |
First United States Edition. |
| Description |
xx, 374 pages, 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits, photographs ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In a group biography, the author reveals the lives of three extraordinary women who helped shape the history of 20th-century China. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the "Father of China," Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair. Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist China. Big Sister, Ei-ling, became Chiang's main adviser and one of China's richest women. |
| Subject |
Soong, Ai-ling, 1890-1973.
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Song, Qingling, 1893-1981.
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Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003.
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| Subject(S) |
Statesmen's spouses -- China -- Biography.
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Sisters -- China -- Biography.
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China -- History -- 20th century.
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China -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Three women at the heart of twentieth-century China |
| ISBN |
9780451493507 (hardcover) |
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