10 Facts About Zeng Baosun

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Zeng Baosun or Tseng Pao Swen was a Chinese feminist, historian, and Christian educator.

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Zeng Baosun's feet were not bound and there was no early, arranged marriage.

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Zeng Baosun converted to Christianity while studying an Anglican church school, Mary Vaughan High School, which she entered in 1910.

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Zeng Baosun then attended Blackheath High School in London, before entering Westfield College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1916, thus becoming the first Chinese woman to receive the "Bachelor of Science degree with honors" from this college.

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Zeng Baosun often attended the Quaker meeting at Hampstead during her time at Westfield.

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Zeng Baosun received teacher's training while at Oxford University and Cambridge University.

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Zeng Baosun left China in 1949 to settle in Taiwan.

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Self-described in her memoir as a "Confucian feminist", Zeng Baosun published her autobiography as well as women's issues essays.

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Zeng Baosun served on the Board of Directors of Donghai University in Taichung.

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Zeng Baosun died in Taiwan and was buried at No 1 Public Cemetery in Taipei.