Soong May-ling

Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling (宋美࿰1; pinyin: Sòng Měilíng) (March 5, 18981 – October 23, 2003), one of the three Soong sisters and described as "the one who loved power". As the wife of President Chiang Kai-shek, she was also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek (蔣夫154; py: Jiǎng fūrén) and played a prominent role in the politics of the Republic of China.

External links

• Text of her address to the US Congress, 1943
• Wellesley College biography
• New York Times obituary
• Associated Press obituary
• Guardian report
• Voice of America obituary
• TIME: Man and Wife of the Year (1937)
• Photo of Soong with Carmelite nuns