A Woman to Know: Qiu Jin
Don’t tell me women / are not the stuff of heroes. — Qui Jin
Don’t tell me women / are not the stuff of heroes. — Qui Jin
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They called her “China’s Joan of Arc,” referring to her legendary feminist advocacy, but first, she was “China’s Nora,” named so after her sudden decision to leave her family and start a new life (the “Nora” refers to the theatrical heroine in Henrik Ibsen’s “The Dollhouse”…
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