Chen Xiefen

Chen Xiefen (1883–1923), was a Chinese feminist and journalist, regarded as one of the first feminists and female journalists in China. A member of a progressive elite family, she published Nubao (1899–1903), the second women's paper in China after Nuxuebao (1898). Chen advocated spoke for women's education and economic independence.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

After her paper was banned in 1903, Chen emigrated to Japan, where she founded a revolutionary group for female Chinese students in Japan with Qiu Jin and Lin Zongsu.

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