Zheng Yuxiu
Zheng Yuxiu | |
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鄭毓秀 | |
Who's Who in China 4th ed. (1931) | |
| Born | March 20, 1891 Xin'an County, Guangdong, China (Qing dynasty) |
| Died | December 16, 1959 (aged 68) San Francisco, California, United States |
| Other names | Soumay Tcheng |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, judge, revolutionist, politician, writer |
| Political party | Chinese Nationalist Party |
| Spouse | Wei Tao-ming |
| Relatives | Ching Ho Cheng, Paifong Robert Cheng |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄭毓秀 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郑毓秀 | ||||||||
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Zheng Yuxiu (Chinese: 鄭毓秀; pinyin: Zhèng Yùxiù; Wade–Giles: Cheng Yü-hsiu, 1891–1959), was a Chinese lawyer, judge, revolutionary, and legislator. Zheng was the first female judge in modern Chinese history.
Zheng studied at the Faculty of Law of Paris and returned to Shanghai to practice law. She participated in Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary movement leading up to the 1911 Revolution. She was president of a court in the French concession and then served in the national Legislative Yuan, helping to draft the Chinese Republican-era civil code. In 1919, she served on the Chinese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. From 1931 to 1937 she was president of University of Shanghai school of law.