Soong Mei-ling

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Soong Mei-ling was a prominent Chinese political figure and influential First Lady of the Republic of China who played a key role in diplomacy and wartime advocacy during the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Madame Chiang 1
Madame Chiang Kai-shek 1
Soong May-ling 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese diaspora
Christian
First Lady
human
politician
activeInPeriod 20th century
awardReceived Honorary Doctorate from various American universities
birthDate 1898-03-05
birthPlace Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing Empire

Shanghai
causeOfDeath natural causes
citizenship Republic of China
deathDate 2003-10-23
deathPlace New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
educatedAt McTyeire School for Girls
Wellesley College
Wesleyan College
familyName Soong Ai-ling
surface form: Soong
father T. V. Soong
surface form: Charlie Soong
givenName Mei-ling
languageSpoken English
Standard Chinese
surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Shanghainese
mother Ni Kwei-tseng
name Soong Mei-ling self-linksurface differs
surface form: Madame Chiang

Soong Mei-ling self-linksurface differs
surface form: Madame Chiang Kai-shek

Soong Mei-ling self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soong May-ling

Soong Mei-ling self-link
nationality Chinese
notableEvent addressed the United States Congress in 1943
notableFor diplomatic advocacy for the Republic of China
fundraising for Chinese war relief during Second Sino-Japanese War
notableWork wartime speeches in the United States during World War II
partOf Soong family
politicalAlignment Kuomintang
positionHeld First Lady of the Republic of China
member of the Legislative Yuan
secretary to Sun Yat-sen
religion Methodism
residence Chongqing
Nanjing
New York City
Taipei, Taiwan
surface form: Taipei
sibling Soong Ai-ling
Soong Ai-ling
surface form: Soong Ching-ling

T. V. Soong
surface form: Soong Tse-ven

T. V. Soong
spouse Chiang Kai-shek

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soong Mei-ling name Soong Mei-ling self-link
Soong Mei-ling name Soong Mei-ling self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Soong May-ling
Soong Mei-ling name Soong Mei-ling self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Soong Mei-ling name Soong Mei-ling self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Madame Chiang
T. V. Soong sibling Soong Mei-ling
Chiang Chieh-shih spouse Soong Mei-ling
Chiang Kai-shek spouse Soong Mei-ling