Liu Qingxia Fought for Social Progress

DURING the Chinese bourgeois democratic revolution of 1911, a young woman from a rich and powerful family, despite objection and retaliation from her clansmen, donated her family's immense properties to support the revolution and promote education. At the time this action created a sensation and gained praise from various walks of life. The woman who gave away her wealth and land was Liu Qingxia. Liu was born into a bureaucrat's family in 1877 in Anyang, Henan Province. Her father