Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1893 - 1976

Biography

Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was a Chinese revolutionary, military, and political leader.

Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893 in the Chinese province of Hunan. He worked on his family's farm until he was 16, when he moved away and attended a higher primary school. He enlisted in the military for the 1911 revolution, after which he attended the First Provincial Normal School. He participated in the student demonstrations of 1919, which led him to become committed to communist and Marxist ideals. He joined the Chinese Communist Party and led China's communist revolution. He was also the chairman of the People's Republic of China. He died on September 9, 1976.

Citation:

Britannica, via WWW, September 20, 2018 (b. December 26, 1893; b. Hunan province, china; d. September 9, 1976; farm; primary school; Changsha; revolt against Qing, 1911; revolutionary army, 6 months; First Provincial Normal School, Changsha; New People’s Study Society, 1917-18; Peking University, Beijing; May Fourth Movement; 1920, principal; m. Yang Kauhui, winter 1920; 1921, First Congress of the Chinese Communist Party; Nationalist Party; peasants; propaganda dep’t., Political Weekly; Hunan to Jinggang Mountains, red army; wife d. 1930; m. He Zizhen, 1930; Long March; Yan’an, 1936; 1936-1940 writing; 39-40 leadership; divorce 1939; m. Lan Ping/Jiang Qing, 1939; Chairman of the Secretariat and Political Bureau; PLA takes Nanjing; Oct. 1, 1949, Chairman of the People’s Republic of China; 16 year old;

Wikipedia, via WWW, September 27, 2018 (b. Dec. 26, 1893; d. Sept. 9, 1976; Chairman of Communist Party March 20, 1943- Sept. 9, 1976; Chairman of the People’s Republic of China, Sept. 27, 1954-April 27, 1959; Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Sept. 8, 1954-Sept. 9, 1976; Chairman of the Central People’s Gov’t Oct. 1, 1949- Sept. 27, 1945; 10 children; Great Leap Forward, famine, 1957; theorist; poet; military strategist; m. 1907-1910 Luo Yixui; m. 1921-1927, Yang Kaihui; m. 1928-1939, He Zizhen; m. 1914-1991, Jiang Qing;

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Foster Snow files on Women in Modern China, approximately 1967

Sub-Series

Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 7

Scope and Contents note

"Women in Modern China" was a book written by Helen Foster Snow (Nym Wales) that was published in 1967. Contains draft cuts, draft sections, loose chapters, and partial and complete drafts.

Dates: Other: approximately 1967

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts

Helen Foster Snow unpublished manuscripts about women, undated

Sub-Series

Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 12

Scope and Contents note

Contains original and carbon copies, annotated copies, photocopies, etc., of "A Charter for American Women"; "A Primer for Women: a Compendium of Writings About Women" and "A Primer for Women: Back to Basics Again"; "A Thesis for Women to Bridge the Conflict Between Identical "Equal" Rights and Different But Equivalent Rights for Women"; "The Status of Women"; "The Congress of Furious Women"; "Women and Autobiography"; and "The Early Years: 'Teens and 'Twenties." Undated.

Dates: Other: undated