Pearl Ing
Pearl Ing, or Yin Mingzhu, was the first woman to play the leading role in a film made in Shanghai, the earliest center of Chinese filmmaking.
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Esther Eng
Early Chinese-American filmmaker
Helen Wang
Early Chinese film producer, editor and director
Pu Shunqing
China’s first female scriptwriter for Cupid’s Puppets (1925), a Great Wall Film Company film co-directed by her husband
A Nong
Shamaness, matriarch and warrior A Nong was a prominent figure among the Zhuang and Nùng people in the 11th century.
Wáng Zhènyì
Qing dynasty scientist Wang Zhenyi accomplished much in her short life, excelling particularly in astronomy, mathematics and poetry.
Agnes TuiSamoa
Agnes TuiSamoa spent a lifetime supporting and campaigning for the rights of her fellow Pacific Islanders in Auckland, both new migrants and their New Zealand-born children.
Cixi
Empress Dowager, the most famous woman in Chinese history
Fan Chung
Fan Chung is a Taiwanese-born American mathematician who works mainly in graph theory.
Sijue Wu
Sijue Wu was born and brought up in China but went to the United States to study for her doctorate. She became Robert W and Lynne H Browne Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. Her research involves the mathematics of water waves.