Annette Lu Hsiu-lien

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Happy Women in History Wednesday! Today we honor Annette Lu Hsiu-lien, an advocate for democracy in Taiwan imprisoned for over five years for speaking out against the government. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Law in 1971. She established herself as a feminist advocate in Taiwan through her writing, including a book titled New Feminism.

Read more about Annette here: https://gec150.web.illinois.edu/1970s/annette-lu-hsiu-lien/